v08_0721 - ANTHEMIUS Solidus
MONNAIES 8 (2000)
Starting price : 487.84 €
Estimate : 838.47 €
Realised price : 487.84 €
Starting price : 487.84 €
Estimate : 838.47 €
Realised price : 487.84 €
Type : Solidus
Date: 467-472
Mint name / Town : atelier occidental (Italie)
Metal : gold
Millesimal fineness : 1000 ‰
Diameter : 20 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 4,38 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Beau portrait / Revers légèrement stylisé
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : D N LEO PE-PERT AVG.
Obverse description : Buste casqué, diadémé et cuirassé de Léon Ier de face, tenant de la main droite la lance placée sur l'épaule et de la gauche un bouclier orné d'un cavalier bondissant à droite (N'a).
Obverse translation : (Notre seigneur Léon perpétuel auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : VICTORI-A AVCCCS// CONOB.
Reverse description : Victoria (la Victoire) debout à gauche, tenant une longue croix de la main droite ; dans le champ à droite, étoile à huit raies.
Reverse translation : (La Victoire des augustes).
Historical background
ANTHEMIUS
(03/25/467-06/30/472)
Coinage in the name of Leo I
Anthème was a descendant of Procopius and the husband of Euphemia, daughter of Marcian. After brilliant military successes against the Goths and the Huns, Leo I appointed him Emperor of the West after the death of Severus III. Ricimer, the master of Italy and of the destinies of the West, married the daughter of Anthème. But Anthème, not very popular because of his Greek origins, clashed with the Romans and alienated Ricimer who ended up having him assassinated. According to the works of G. Lacam, in particular at the level of the reverse styles, there are imitations of Leo I for Anthème minted in Italy.
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