v25_0492 - LEO I Maiorina (MB, Æ 2)
MONNAIES 25 (2006)
Starting price : 295.00 €
Estimate : 450.00 €
Realised price : 295.00 €
Starting price : 295.00 €
Estimate : 450.00 €
Realised price : 295.00 €
Type : Maiorina (MB, Æ 2)
Date: 457-462
Mint name / Town : Constantinople
Metal : copper
Diameter : 21 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 3,42 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Très beau portrait pour un monnayage souvent fruste. Frappe un peu molle au revers. Jolie patine vert foncé
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : D N LEO P-RPET AV (SIC !).
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 Perpetuus Augustus”, (Notre seigneur Léon perpétuel auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : SALVS R - PVRLICA// CON (SIC !).
Reverse description : Léon Ier debout à droite, vêtu militairement, tenant un étendard de la main droite et un globe de la main gauche, le pied gauche posé sur un captif agenouillé.
Reverse translation : “Salus Rei Publica”, (La Santé de la chose publique).
Commentary
Légende fautée au droit et au revers.
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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