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brm_614844 - LEO I Solidus

LEO I Solidus XF
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Item sold on our e-shop (2021)
Price : 680.00 €
Type : Solidus
Date: 457-462
Mint name / Town : Thessalonica
Metal : gold
Diameter : 19,5 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 4,23 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie bien centrée à l’usure régulière. Quelques faiblesses. Joli revers
Catalogue references :

Obverse


Obverse legend : D N LEO PE-RPET AVG.
Obverse description : Buste diadémé, casqué et cuirassé de face, tenant de la main droite la haste qui repose sur l'épaule et de la gauche, un bouclier orné d'un cavalier chargeant à droite (N’a).
Obverse translation : “Dominus Noster Leo Perpetuus Augustus”, (Notre seigneur Léon perpétuel auguste).

Reverse


Reverse legend : VICTORI-A AVGGG./ -|*// THSOB.
Reverse description : Victoria (la Victoire) drapée, debout à gauche, tenant une longue croix.
Reverse translation : “Victoria Augustorum”, (La Victoire des augustes).

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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