- Co 1340 (Late Roman bronze coin of Leo I from Constantinople) [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 674, p. 293
- Preservation comment
- Wear: G+. Somewhat extensive, slight pitting.
- Published as
- KenchreaiIII, p. 62, no. 980 (R. Hohlfelder identified as “Uncertain, Late Roman/Eartly Byzantine“)
- Axis (1-12)
- 12
- Has denomination
- AE4
- Numismatic Authority
- Leo I (eastern emperor, 457-474)
- Numismatic Diameter (mm)
- 7.0
- Numismatic Mint
- Constantinople
- Numismatic Weight (g)
- 0.66
- Obverse Description
- Diademed and draped bust of beardless emperor to right (schematic)
- Obverse Inscription
- D N LE[O P F AVG]
- Reverse Description
- Lion crouching to left and looking back; within wreath broken by mintmark
- Reverse Inscription
- In exergue, CON
- Belongs to Historical Period
- Late Roman (Historical Period)
- Material
- Bronze (Material)
- Has visual motif (depicts)
- Lion (Visual Motif)
- Obverse Photograph
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- Reverse Photograph
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“Co 1340 (Late Roman bronze coin of Leo I from Constantinople).” In Kenchreai Archaeological Archive, edited by J.L. Rife and S. Heath. The American Excavations at Kenchreai, 2013-2024. <http://kenchreai.org/ke/co1340>
