#i034# Small Roman Bronze Ae4 coin issued by Leo I from 457-475 AD

#i034# Small Roman Bronze Ae4 coin issued by Leo I from 457-475 ADWelcome to cc coins Up for auction is a Roman Bronze Ae4 coin issued by Leo I from 457 475 AD ID# 034i Diameter: 9mm MINT: Constantinople OBVERSE; D N LEOS P F AVG Diademed bust right, draped and cuirassed. REVERSE; NONE Lion crouching left.

Contemporary historians linked his family to that of Constantine and evidently his memory was still popular enough half a century later that Constantine would be able to exploit the public relations value of this link through a series of coins minted honoring his dead ancestor

This coin was issued to commemorate the city of Rome during a period in which Constantinople was becoming more influential within the empire (to assure the populous that Rome was still an important centre)

-  Diademed

REFERENCE: BMC 54

NONE - Stellate floral design within square incuseREFERENCE: SNG France 944-951

-Confronted boar’s heads

ID#457h (UK)

- Youthful male head right

- Isaac standing

- Spes standing left

Measuring the dire straits the empire found itself in

Cherronesos is Greek for 'peninsula' and several cities used the name