brm_480327 - LEO I Solidus
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Item sold on our e-shop (2020)
Price : 560.00 €
Item sold on our e-shop (2020)
Price : 560.00 €
Type : Solidus
Date: 457-462
Mint name / Town : Constantinople
Metal : gold
Diameter : 19,5 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 4,36 g.
Officine: 6e
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire bien centré présentant des coups sur la tranche. Joli buste et beau revers
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Exemplaire provenant de la collection AJRR
Obverse
Obverse legend : D N LEO PE-RPET AVG.
Obverse description : Buste diadémé, casqué et cuirassé de Léon Ier de face, tenant de la main droite la haste qui repose sur l'épaule et de la gauche, un bouclier orné d'un cavalier chargeant à droite (N’a).
Obverse translation : “Dominus Noster Leo Perpetuus Augustus”, (Notre seigneur Léon perpétuel auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : VICTORI-A AVGGGS/ -|*// CONOB.
Reverse description : Victoria (la Victoire) drapée, debout à gauche, tenant une longue croix ; dans le champ à droite, une étoile à huit rais.
Reverse translation : “Victoria Augustorum”, (La Victoire des augustes).
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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