brm_943107 - LEO I Nummus (PBQ, Æ 4)
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Type : Nummus (PBQ, Æ 4)
Date: 457-462
Mint name / Town : Constantinople
Metal : copper
Diameter : 9,40 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 1,39 g.
Rarity : R3
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un petit flan. Beau portrait pour un monnayage souvent fruste. Joli monogramme au revers. Patine marron foncé
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : D N LEOS 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.
Reverse
Reverse legend : [CON].
Reverse description : Monogramme de Léon Ier.
Commentary
Poids léger. La légende de droit associée à ce revers ne semble pas être recensée !.
Lightweight. The legal legend associated with this reverse does not seem to be recorded!
Lightweight. The legal legend associated with this reverse does not seem to be recorded!
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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