brm_1029050 - LEO I Tremissis
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Type : Tremissis
Date: 457-474
Mint name / Town : Constantinople
Metal : gold
Diameter : 14,5 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 1,35 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie sur un flan centré, légèrement voilé. Joli buste, bien venu à la frappe. Revers agréable à l’usure régulière. Patine de collection
Catalogue references :
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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