brm_899309 - LEO I Tremissis

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Type : Tremissis

Date: 457-474

Mint name / Town : Constantinople

Metal : gold

Diameter : 14 mm

Orientation dies : 6 h.

Weight : 1,49 g.

Rarity : R1

Coments on the condition:

Superbe exemplaire sur un flan idéalement centré des deux côtés. Buste finement détaillé. Très joli revers. Patine de collection

Catalogue references :

RIC.6611 - RC.4333 (250£) - Dep.93 /3 (143 ex.) - LRC. 540 - R.256 - MRK.171 /6 (400€) - RCV.

Obverse

Obverse legend : D N LEO PE-RPET 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 Perpetuus Augustus”, (Notre seigneur Léon perpétuel auguste).

Reverse

Reverse legend : VICTORIA AVGVSTORVM/ -|*// CONOB.

Reverse description : Victoria (la Victoire) drapée, debout de face, la tête tournée à gauche, tenant une couronne de la main droite et un globe crucigère de la main gauche.

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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brm_899309 - LEO I Tremissis

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LEO I

(7/02/457-18/01/474)

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