v43_1072 - LEO and VERINA Nummus (PBQ, Æ 4)
MONNAIES 43 (2010)
Starting price : 250.00 €
Estimate : 500.00 €
unsold lot
Starting price : 250.00 €
Estimate : 500.00 €
unsold lot
Type : Nummus (PBQ, Æ 4)
Date: 468-474
Mint name / Town : Constantinople
Metal : copper
Diameter : 11 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 1,26 g.
Rarity : R3
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un petit flan épais. Portrait légèrement stylisé au droit. Très joli revers de style fin. Patine vert foncé
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : D N L- EO.
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”, (Notre seigneur Léon).
Reverse
Reverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE/ B|E// -.
Reverse description : Vérina drapée et voilée debout de face, tenant un globe crucigère de la main droite et un long sceptre transversal de la main gauche.
Reverse translation : (Vérina).
Commentary
Poids léger. Rare type associant l’empereur et l’impératrice. C’est la première fois que nous proposons ce type à la vente.
Historical background
LEO and VERINA
(7/02/457-18/01/474)
Leo I (411-474) was an officer of Dacian origin. He succeeded Marcian in 457 and attempted to reform the army. He counterbalanced the influence of the Germans by a massive influx 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 grandson, 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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