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Numismatics ID number: BIRBI-LR0599 Object type: Coin Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D. Maker: Leo I; Constantinople Denomination: Solidus Place made: Istanbul Culture: Late Roman Date made: 462-466 Metal: Gold Diameter (cm): 2.05 Weight (g): 4.46 Axis (degrees): 135.00 Provenance: Whitting 0268. B. A. Seaby, 1948. |
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Description: Obverse: Bust of Leo I, helmeted, pearl-diademed, cuirassed, facing 3/4 r., holding spear in r. hand behind head and shield decorated with horseman on l. arm. Reverse: Victory, winged, draped, standing l., supporting long jeweled cross; star in r. field. Inscriptions: Obverse: D N LEO PE RPET AVC (Our lord Leo eternal Augustus). Reverse: VICTORI A AVCCC (Imperial victory). Mint mark: CONOB. Control mark: I (10). Bibliography: RIC X 605 Notes: Die flaw on obverse, left, at border. |
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3 Related People | |
| Whitting, Philip David British 1903 1988 | |
| Leo I Roman 474 | |
| Constantinople Roman;Byzantine | |
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