Live auction - brm_566691 - LEO I Tremissis

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Estimate :	600 €
Price :	470 €
Maximum bid :	500 €
End of the sale :	10 March 2020 15:26:42
bidders :	5 bidders

Type : Tremissis

Date: 457-474

Mint name / Town : Constantinople

Metal : gold

Diameter : 15 mm

Orientation dies : 6 h.

Weight : 1,49 g.

Rarity : R1

Coments on the condition:

Très bel exemplaire, idéalement centré. Buste de style fin ainsi qu’un joli revers. Patine de collection

Catalogue references :

RIC.611 - RCV.21422 - Dep.93 /3 (143 ex.) - LRC. 540 - R.256 - MRK.171 /6 (400€) - RC.4333

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 AVGVSTORVM/ -|*// CONOB.

Reverse description : Victoria (la Victoire) drapée, debout de face, la tête tournée à gauche, tenant une couronne de la main droite et un globe crucigère de la main gauche.

Reverse translation : “Victoria Augustorum” (La Victoire des augustes).