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<p>[QUOTE="Magnentius, post: 4983125, member: 115186"]I'll preface this by apologizing for my picture quality as these were taken with my plucky iPhone 8. I have a USB microscope on the way, but it's sadly on back order. Hopefully the iPhone will suffice for now!</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1197210[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]1197211[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Leo I Æ2</p><p>457-474</p><p>20mm (3.9g)</p><p>DN LEO PE-RPET AG, diademed and draped bust right</p><p>D (-ominus) N (-oster) Leo Perpet (-uus) AG (-ustus)</p><p>"Our Lord Leo, Perpetual August"</p><p>SALVS R-PVBLICA, Leo standing right, holding standard and globe, foot on captive</p><p>Salus Rei Publicæ</p><p>"Salvation of the State"</p><p>Mintmark CON</p><p>RIC X 660v? (the seller listed it as RIC X 659)</p><p>I could use some help with identification, as locating the correct RIC number has proved elusive thus far.</p><p><br /></p><p>The opportunity to acquire a Cherson AE2 of Leo I, despite the overall poor condition was too much for me to pass up on. It looks a lot better in hand, but isn't as nice as other examples I've seen for sale and on display. Overall, a fairly nice <b>large </b>coin of an Eastern Roman Emperor from the 5th century who died just 2 years before the overthrow of Romulus Augustulus by Odoacer in 476. </p><p><br /></p><p>Feel free to share coins of Leo I or his 5 western counterparts, which should be pretty rare![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Magnentius, post: 4983125, member: 115186"]I'll preface this by apologizing for my picture quality as these were taken with my plucky iPhone 8. I have a USB microscope on the way, but it's sadly on back order. Hopefully the iPhone will suffice for now! [ATTACH=full]1197210[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]1197211[/ATTACH] Leo I Æ2 457-474 20mm (3.9g) DN LEO PE-RPET AG, diademed and draped bust right D (-ominus) N (-oster) Leo Perpet (-uus) AG (-ustus) "Our Lord Leo, Perpetual August" SALVS R-PVBLICA, Leo standing right, holding standard and globe, foot on captive Salus Rei Publicæ "Salvation of the State" Mintmark CON RIC X 660v? (the seller listed it as RIC X 659) I could use some help with identification, as locating the correct RIC number has proved elusive thus far. The opportunity to acquire a Cherson AE2 of Leo I, despite the overall poor condition was too much for me to pass up on. It looks a lot better in hand, but isn't as nice as other examples I've seen for sale and on display. Overall, a fairly nice [B]large [/B]coin of an Eastern Roman Emperor from the 5th century who died just 2 years before the overthrow of Romulus Augustulus by Odoacer in 476. Feel free to share coins of Leo I or his 5 western counterparts, which should be pretty rare![/QUOTE]
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