Co 1260 (Late Roman bronze coin of Leo I from Rome) [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 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

Reverse Photograph