Live auction - brm_571949 - LEO I Semissis
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| Estimate : | 1 000 € |
| Price : | 610 € |
| Maximum bid : | 610 € |
| End of the sale : | 10 March 2020 15:25:53 |
| bidders : | 3 bidders |
Type : Semissis
Date: 457-474
Mint name / Town : Constantinople
Metal : gold
Diameter : 18 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 2,22 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Superbe exemplaire sur flan large idéalement centré. Victoire de toute beauté. Petit défaut de métal dans le cou de Léon. La monnaie a conservé une partie de son brillant de frappe et de son coupant d’origine
Obverse
Obverse legend : D N LEO PE-RPET AVG.
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 : VICTORIA AVGG/ *|(CHRISME)// CONOB.
Reverse description : Victoria (la Victoire) drapée, assise à droite sur une cuirasse, inscrivant XVXXX sur un bouclier.
Reverse translation : “Victoria Augustorum” (La Victoire des augustes).
Commentary
Rubans de type 3 aux extrémités bouletées.
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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LEO I Semissis MS
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