brm_235786 - LEO I Nummus (PBQ, Æ 4)
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Item sold on our e-shop (2011)
Price : 105.00 €
Item sold on our e-shop (2011)
Price : 105.00 €
Type : Nummus (PBQ, Æ 4)
Date: 457-462
Mint name / Town : Constantinople
Metal : copper
Diameter : 12 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 1,09 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un petit flan épais. Très beau portrait pour un monnayage souvent fruste. Très jolie patine verte et sable
Obverse
Obverse legend : D N L-EO.
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/ *|-// [CN].
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.
Commentary
Poids très léger.
Very light weight
Very light weight
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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