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Numismatics ID number: BIRBI-LR0624 Object type: Coin Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D. Maker: Leo II; Zeno; Constantinople Denomination: Solidus Place made: Istanbul Culture: Late Roman Date made: 474 Metal: Gold Diameter (cm): 2.05 Weight (g): 4.46 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 427. Glendining 23rd June 1953. |
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Description: Obverse: Bust of Leo II or Zeno, helmeted, pearl-diademed, cuirassed, facing 3/4 r., holding spear in r. hand behind head and shield decorated with horseman on l. arm. Reverse: Leo II and Zeno, nimbate, draped, enthroned, facing, each holding mappa in r. hand; star above; cross behind. Inscriptions: Obverse: D N LEO Eτ (retrograde Z) ENO PP AVC (Our lords Leo and Zeno, eternal Augusti). Reverse: SALVS REI PYBLICAE (salvation of the republic). Mint mark: CONOB. Bibliography: RIC X 804 Notes: Recut obverse die. |
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4 Related People | |
| Whitting, Philip David British 1903 1988 | |
| Constantinople Roman;Byzantine | |
| Zeno Isaurian 491 | |
| Leo II Roman c.467 474 | |
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