Kenchreai Archaeological Archive: Co 597 (Late Roman bronze coin of Leo I from Constantinople)

: Co 597 (Late Roman bronze coin of Leo I from Constantinople) [permalink]
Type: Inventoried Coin
Not after (date): 474
Not before (date): 457
Logical part of: Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Coins
Typological identification: Coin
Comparanda: RICX Leo I 674, p. 293, pl. 26
Contributor Notes: 2011 (late May): R. Weir studied and described, with reference to KenchreaiIII.
Contributor Notes: 2023: JLR clarified identification.
Axis (1-12): 6
Has denomination: AE4
Numismatic Authority: Leo I (eastern emperor, 457-474)
Numismatic Mint: Constantinople
Obverse Description: Diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust of emperor to right (“barbarous“ style)
Obverse Inscription: [D N LEO P F] ẠVG
Reverse Description: Lion crouching to left and turning back to right; within wreath broken by mintmark
Reverse Inscription: In exergue, [C]ỌṆ
Diameter: 10.0
Weight (kg): 0.49
Belongs to Historical Period: Late Roman (Historical Period)
Material: Bronze (Material)
Has visual motif (depicts): Lion (Visual Motif)
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