brm_235795 - LEO I Nummus (PBQ, Æ 4)
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Item sold on our e-shop (2010)
Price : 125.00 €
Item sold on our e-shop (2010)
Price : 125.00 €
Type : Nummus (PBQ, Æ 4)
Date: 457-462
Mint name / Town : Constantinople
Metal : copper
Diameter : 11 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 1,35 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un petit flan épais. Très beau portrait pour un monnayage souvent fruste. Joli revers inhabituel. Très jolie patine verte et sable
Obverse
Obverse legend : D N LEO P F 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”, (Notre seigneur Léon).
Reverse
Reverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE// CON.
Reverse description : Lion couché à gauche, tournant la tête à droite, le tout dans une couronne de laurier.
Commentary
C’est la première fois que nous proposons ce type à la vente. Semble plus rare que ne le laissent supposer les ouvrages de référence !.
This is the first time we've offered this type for sale. It seems rarer than the reference books suggest!
This is the first time we've offered this type for sale. It seems rarer than the reference books suggest!
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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