brm_486011 - LEO I Nummus (PBQ, Æ 4)
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Type : Nummus (PBQ, Æ 4)
Date: 457-462
Mint name / Town : Constantinople
Metal : copper
Diameter : 10 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 1,14 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Petit flan épais à l’usure régulière. Jolie patine marron et sable
Obverse
Obverse legend : D N LEO P F AVG.
Obverse description : Buste diadémé, drapé et cuirassé de Léon Ier à droite, vu de trois quarts en avant (A’a) ; diadème perlé.
Obverse translation : “Dominus Noster Leo”, (Notre seigneur Léon).
Reverse
Reverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE// CON.
Reverse description : Lion couché à gauche.
Commentary
Poids léger. Semble plus rare que ne le laissent supposer les ouvrages de référence !.
Lightweight. Seems rarer than reference works suggest!
Lightweight. Seems rarer than reference works suggest!
Historical background
LEO I
(7/02/457-18/01/474)
Leo I (411-474) was an officer of Dacian origin. He succeeded Marcian in 457, tried to reform the army. He counterbalanced the influence of the Germans by a massive entry of Isaurians, including Zeno, his future son-in-law who married Ariadne, the eldest daughter of the emperor and Verina in 467. Leon fell seriously ill in 473. He then chose his little -son, Leo II, to succeed him. Leo I died the following year and Zeno wasted no time in seizing power by joining forces with his son, Leo II, before ousting him..
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