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<p>[QUOTE="Finn235, post: 5165221, member: 98035"]Nice find!</p><p><br /></p><p>The great irony with these late 5th century AE4s is that a decent quality gold is very often cheaper than a decent quality bronze.</p><p><br /></p><p>Leo is the one that I haven't gotten around to getting a solidus of yet - this is currently my nicest Leo overall</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1210421[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>I also have a decent lion type without much legend (and is Leo bearded?)</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1210422[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>I like the short and to the point obverse legend on this one with Verina - DN LEO.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1210423[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>As an interesting aside, these were all part of presumably the same hoard, bought from CNG a few years ago - the hoard was mostly Marcian, Leo, and Vandal types, but also had a barbarous radiate and an AE9 from Aspendos, both with the same green patina, showing that anything small, metal, and round passed as money in those days.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Finn235, post: 5165221, member: 98035"]Nice find! The great irony with these late 5th century AE4s is that a decent quality gold is very often cheaper than a decent quality bronze. Leo is the one that I haven't gotten around to getting a solidus of yet - this is currently my nicest Leo overall [ATTACH=full]1210421[/ATTACH] I also have a decent lion type without much legend (and is Leo bearded?) [ATTACH=full]1210422[/ATTACH] I like the short and to the point obverse legend on this one with Verina - DN LEO. [ATTACH=full]1210423[/ATTACH] As an interesting aside, these were all part of presumably the same hoard, bought from CNG a few years ago - the hoard was mostly Marcian, Leo, and Vandal types, but also had a barbarous radiate and an AE9 from Aspendos, both with the same green patina, showing that anything small, metal, and round passed as money in those days.[/QUOTE]
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