Co 1212 (Late Roman bronze coin of Leo I from Heraclea) [permalink] [show fewer 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 719, p. 295 (monogram 6)

Preservation comment

Wear: P. Moderate to severe snapping and chipping around edges; extensive, moderate pitting and fissuring.

Published as

KenchreaiIII, p. 61, no. 956 (R. Hohlfelder identified as “Uncertain, Late Roman/Early Byzantine“)

Axis (1-12)

12

Has denomination

AE4

Numismatic Authority

Leo I (eastern emperor, 457-474)

Numismatic Diameter (mm)

11.0

Numismatic Mint

Heraclea (Thrace)

Numismatic Weight (g)

0.6

Obverse Description

Pearl-diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust of emperor to right

Obverse Inscription

D N [LE]OS P [F A]VG

Reverse Description

Monogram within wreath

Reverse Inscription

Emperor‘s regular Greek monogram; in exergue, SMH[A]

Belongs to Historical Period

Late Roman (Historical Period)

Material

Bronze (Material)

Obverse Photograph

Reverse Photograph