- Co 1156 (Late Roman bronze coin of Leo I from Nicomedia) [permalink] [show more links]
- Type
- Inventoried Coin
- Not after (date)
- 474
- Not before (date)
- 457
- Logical part of
- Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Coins
- Typological identification
- Coin
- Comparanda
- RIC X Leo I 722, p. 296
- Preservation comment
- Wear: G/F. Slightly nicked edge; extensive, slight pitting and fissuring.
- Published as
- KenchreaiIII, p. 53, no. 644 (R. Hohlfelder identified as “Leo I, A.D. 457-474, Uncertain“)
- Has denomination
- AE4
- Numismatic Diameter (mm)
- 10.0
- Numismatic Mint
- Nicomedia
- Numismatic Weight (g)
- 0.85
- Obverse Description
- Diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust of emperor to right
- Obverse Inscription
- [D N L]EOS P [F] AV[G]
- Reverse Description
- Monogram within wreath
- Reverse Inscription
- Greek monogram of emperor; in exergue, NIC
- Belongs to Historical Period
- Late Roman (Historical Period)
- Material
- Bronze (Material)
- Obverse Photograph
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- Reverse Photograph
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“Co 1156 (Late Roman bronze coin of Leo I from Nicomedia).” In Kenchreai Archaeological Archive, edited by J.L. Rife and S. Heath. The American Excavations at Kenchreai, 2013-2024. <http://kenchreai.org/ke/co1156>
