Co 1222 (Late Roman bronze coin of Leo I from Constantinople) [permalink]

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 683-688, p. 293 (monogram 1)

Preservation comment

Wear: aG. Extensive, moderate chipping; extensive, moderate pitting and fissuring.

Published as

KenchreaiIII, p. 61, no. 962 (R. Hohlfelder identified as “Uncertain, Late Roman/Early Byzantine“)

Axis (1-12)

10

Has denomination

AE4

Numismatic Authority

Leo I (eastern emperor, 457-474)

Numismatic Diameter (mm)

13.0

Numismatic Mint

Constantinople

Numismatic Weight (g)

0.76

Obverse Description

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

Obverse Inscription

[D] N LEO[N P F AVG]

Reverse Description

Monogram within thick wreath

Reverse Inscription

Leo‘s regular Latin monogram; in exergue, CON

Belongs to Historical Period

Late Roman (Historical Period)

Material

Bronze (Material)

Obverse Photograph

Reverse Photograph