v25_0492 - LEO I Maiorina (MB, Æ 2)
MONNAIES 25 (2006)
Starting price : 295.00 €
Estimate : 450.00 €
Realised price : 295.00 €
Starting price : 295.00 €
Estimate : 450.00 €
Realised price : 295.00 €
Type : Maiorina (MB, Æ 2)
Date: 457-462
Mint name / Town : Constantinople
Metal : copper
Diameter : 21 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 3,42 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Très beau portrait pour un monnayage souvent fruste. Frappe un peu molle au revers. Jolie patine vert foncé
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : D N LEO P-RPET AV (SIC !).
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 : SALVS R - PVRLICA// CON (SIC !).
Reverse description : Léon Ier debout à droite, vêtu militairement, tenant un étendard de la main droite et un globe de la main gauche, le pied gauche posé sur un captif agenouillé.
Reverse translation : “Salus Rei Publica”, (La Santé de la chose publique).
Commentary
Légende fautée au droit et au revers.
Legend incorrect on the right and reverse
Legend incorrect on the right and reverse
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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