Co 407 (Late Roman bronze coin of Leo I from Thessalonica) [permalink]

Type

Inventoried Coin

Is Part Of

Coin Finds

Not after (date)

474

Not before (date)

457

Logical part of

Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Coins

Typological identification

RIC X Leo I (east) 695

Comparanda

JLR 2024: CHECK COIN AND GET PIX

Contributor Notes

2011 (late May): R. Weir studied and described, with reference to KenchreaiIII.

Preservation description

Wear: P.

Published as

KenchreaiIII, p. 57, no. 779 (R. Hohlfelder identified as “Uncertain, Late Roman/Early Byzantine”)

Has denomination

AE4

Numismatic Authority

Leo I (eastern emperor, 457-474)

Numismatic Diameter (mm)

11.0

Numismatic Mint

Thessalonica

Numismatic Weight (g)

1.2

Obverse Description

Nothing visible

Reverse Inscription

Monogram of emperor

Belongs to Historical Period

Late Roman (Historical Period)

Material

Bronze (Material)