- Co 1135 (Late Roman bronze coin of Leo I from Alexandria) [permalink] [show more links]
- Type
- Inventoried Coin
- Not before (date)
- 457
- Not before (date)
- 471
- Logical part of
- Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Coins
- Typological identification
- Coin
- Comparanda
- RIC X Leo I 670, p. 292
- Comparanda
- LRBC II.2932, p. 105
- Preservation comment
- Wear: aG. Portions of edge snapped off, and slight nicking; extensive, slight pitting and minor gouging. Thin film of white bronze disease especially obverse.
- Published as
- KenchreaiIII,[ p. 61, no. 931 (R. Hohlfelder identified as “Uncertain, Late Roman/Early Byzantine“)
- Axis (1-12)
- 2
- Has denomination
- AE4
- Numismatic Authority
- Leo I (eastern emperor, 457-474)
- Numismatic Diameter (mm)
- 12.0
- Numismatic Mint
- Alexandria (Egypt)
- Numismatic Weight (g)
- 0.75
- Obverse Description
- Pearl-diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust of emperor to right; within border?
- Obverse Inscription
- [D] N LE[O PERP]ET [A]V
- Reverse Description
- Lion standing to left with head right; above, cross; within border (traces)
- Reverse Inscription
- In exergue, ALE
- Belongs to Historical Period
- Late Roman (Historical Period)
- Material
- Bronze (Material)
- Has visual motif (depicts)
- Lion (Visual Motif)
- Obverse Photograph
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- Reverse Photograph
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“Co 1135 (Late Roman bronze coin of Leo I from Alexandria).” In Kenchreai Archaeological Archive, edited by J.L. Rife and S. Heath. The American Excavations at Kenchreai, 2013-2024. <http://kenchreai.org/ke/co1135>
