Co 1260 (Late Roman bronze coin of Leo I from Rome) [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
RIC X Leo I 687-688, p. 293
Comparanda
LRBC II.2262-2263, p. 90
Contributor Notes
2012 (November 23): R. Weir studied and described, with reference to KenchreaiIII.
Contributor Notes
2024: JLR refined description.
Preservation description
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, C̣ỌṆ
Belongs to Historical Period
Late Roman (Historical Period)
Material
Bronze (Material)
Obverse Photograph
Reverse Photograph