- Co 1260 (Late Roman bronze coin of Leo I from Rome) [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 687-688, p. 293
- Comparanda
- LRBC II.2262-2263, p. 90
- Preservation comment
- Wear: aF/VG. Slight nicked and cracked edge, especially reverse; extensive, slight pitting and fissuring. Small patches of white bronze disease (or encrustation?) across both faces.
- Published as
- KenchreaiIII, p. 53, no. 636, pl. IV (R. Hohlfelder identified as “Marcian, A.D. 450-457, Uncertain“)
- Axis (1-12)
- 6
- Has denomination
- AE4
- Numismatic Authority
- Leo I (eastern emperor, 457-474)
- Numismatic Diameter (mm)
- 11.0
- Numismatic Mint
- Constantinople
- Numismatic Weight (g)
- 0.94
- Obverse Description
- Pearl-diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust of emperor to right
- Obverse Inscription
- [D] N LEO – [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
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- Reverse Photograph
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“Co 1260 (Late Roman bronze coin of Leo I from Rome).” In Kenchreai Archaeological Archive, edited by J.L. Rife and S. Heath. The American Excavations at Kenchreai, 2013-2023. <http://kenchreai.org/ke/co1260>
