brm_486011 - LEO I Nummus (PBQ, Æ 4)
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Type : Nummus (PBQ, Æ 4)
Date: 457-462
Mint name / Town : Constantinople
Metal : copper
Diameter : 10 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 1,14 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Petit flan épais à l’usure régulière. Jolie patine marron et sable
Obverse
Obverse legend : D N LEO P F 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”, (Notre seigneur Léon).
Reverse
Reverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE// CON.
Reverse description : Lion couché à gauche.
Commentary
Poids léger. Semble plus rare que ne le laissent supposer les ouvrages de référence !.
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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