Catalogus
Volledige afbeeldingen bekijken — gratis registratie
Doorgaan met Google — het is gratis
of registreer met e-mail
Waarom registreren? Alleen om bots buiten ons catalogus te houden. Uw e-mail blijft privé — we delen het nooit en sturen u niets zonder uw toestemming. Dat garanderen wij u!
Æ Nummus - Leo I Constantinople
| Uitgever | Eastern Roman Empire |
|---|---|
| Jaar | 457-474 |
| Type | Log in om details te zien |
| Waarde | Log in om details te zien |
| Valuta | Log in om details te zien |
| Samenstelling | Log in om details te zien |
| Gewicht | Log in om details te zien |
| Diameter | 11.6 mm |
| Dikte | Log in om details te zien |
| Vorm | Log in om details te zien |
| Techniek | Log in om details te zien |
| Oriëntatie | Log in om details te zien |
| Graveur(s) | Log in om details te zien |
| In omloop tot | Log in om details te zien |
| Referentie(s) | Log in om details te zien |
| Beschrijving voorzijde | Diademed, draped and cuirassed bust of Emperor Leo I facing right, rendered in the late Roman imperial style typical of fifth-century Eastern coinage. The portrait, though heavily worn, retains the characteristic elongated facial features of Leonine numismatic portraiture. A partial Latin legend surrounds the effigy, reading D N L-EO, an abbreviated form of Dominus Noster Leo. The flan is irregular and the strike somewhat flat, consistent with the small AE nummus denomination of this period. |
|---|---|
| Schrift voorzijde | Log in om details te zien |
| Opschrift voorzijde | D N L-EO |
| Beschrijving keerzijde | Log in om details te zien |
| Schrift keerzijde | Log in om details te zien |
| Opschrift keerzijde | Log in om details te zien |
| Rand | Log in om details te zien |
| Muntplaats | Log in om details te zien |
| Oplage | Log in om details te zien |
| Aanvullende informatie |
Leo I came to power in 457 as the first Eastern emperor crowned by the Patriarch of Constantinople rather than by a military commander — a deliberate shift in legitimating authority that would shape Byzantine succession for centuries. These small nummi represent the lowest denomination in active circulation during his reign, a period when the Eastern court was simultaneously managing the catastrophic fallout of the 468 Vandal campaign, in which a joint Eastern and Western fleet was destroyed off Cape Bon at enormous financial cost to the imperial treasury.