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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;cmezner, post: 8386504, member: 87809&quot;]Only have a common Leo I the Thracian, the first Eastern Emperor to legislate in Koine Greek rather than Late Latin. He is commemorated as a saint in the Orthodox Church, his feast day is January 20.</p><p><br /></p><p>Solidus, Constantinople, mint mark Γ (3rd officina), 462- 466 AD (early phase)</p><p>20 x 20 mm, 4.459 g, 5h</p><p>RIC X 605; Depeyrot 93/1; DOCLR (Grierson-Mays) 525; Hunter V 6; </p><p>Tolstoi 8;&nbsp; Ratto 245; SRCV V 21404</p><p><br /></p><p>Ob.: D(ominus)N(oster) LEO PERPET(uus) AVG(ustus) &quot;Our Lord Leo, Perpetual August&quot;, Pearl-diademed, helmeted, and cuirassed bust facing slightly right, holding spear over shoulder and shield with horseman motif</p><p>Rev.: VICTORI - A AVGGG Γ (Victory of the three Augusts), Victory standing left, holding long jeweled cross; star to right; in ex. CONOB</p><p><br /></p><p>CONOB in the exergue means Constantinopoli obryzum and means &quot;Constantinople, 1/72-pound pure gold.&quot; (Byzantine Coinage, by Philip Grierson).</p><p><br /></p><p>Picture courtesy CNG:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1488278[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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