brm_449821 - LEO I Nummus (PBQ, Æ 4)
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Item sold on our e-shop (2017)
Price : 150.00 €
Item sold on our e-shop (2017)
Price : 150.00 €
Type : Nummus (PBQ, Æ 4)
Date: 457-462
Mint name / Town : Constantinople
Metal : copper
Diameter : 8,5 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 0,69 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un tout petit flan court sur la légende de droit. Monogramme bien identifiable au revers. Patine marron foncé
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : [D N LEO].
Obverse description : Buste diadémé, drapé et cuirassé de Léon Ier à droite, vu de trois quarts en avant (A’a) ; diadème perlé.
Reverse
Reverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Reverse description : Monogramme de Léon Ier.
Commentary
Poids excessivement léger. Semble plus rare que ne le laissent supposer les ouvrages généraux.
Excessively light weight. Seems rarer than general works suggest.
Excessively light weight. Seems rarer than general works 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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