Co 1340 (Late Roman bronze coin of Leo I from Constantinople) [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 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

Reverse Photograph