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<p>[QUOTE="Cucumbor, post: 5167223, member: 4298"]My only Leo I has a full flan, but due to wear and glossy patina, it's almost impossible to properly picture</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/albums/userpics/11724/0820-310.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><b> Leo I. (457-474 AD). AE2 </b> - Constantinople mint ? ca. AD 457-474</p><p>D N LEO PERPET AVG, diademed, draped and cuirassed bust right.</p><p>SALVS R PVBLICA, Leo standing right, holding labarum and globe, spurning bound captive.</p><p>3.00 gr, 20-21 mm</p><p>Ref : RIC X # 657. RC # 4339</p><p><br /></p><p>The following comment, copied from the description of the coin at Auctiones.ch, where I bought it from : <i>"This rare issue, one of the last Roman Imperial bronzes of considerable size and neat workmanship, is almost exclusively found on the Crimea and has consequently often been attributed to the Cherson mint. The mintmark CON makes it possible, however, that the issue was struck in Constantinopolis and then shipped to the Crimea."</i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p>Q[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Cucumbor, post: 5167223, member: 4298"]My only Leo I has a full flan, but due to wear and glossy patina, it's almost impossible to properly picture [IMG]http://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/albums/userpics/11724/0820-310.jpg[/IMG] [B] Leo I. (457-474 AD). AE2 [/B] - Constantinople mint ? ca. AD 457-474 D N LEO PERPET AVG, diademed, draped and cuirassed bust right. SALVS R PVBLICA, Leo standing right, holding labarum and globe, spurning bound captive. 3.00 gr, 20-21 mm Ref : RIC X # 657. RC # 4339 The following comment, copied from the description of the coin at Auctiones.ch, where I bought it from : [I]"This rare issue, one of the last Roman Imperial bronzes of considerable size and neat workmanship, is almost exclusively found on the Crimea and has consequently often been attributed to the Cherson mint. The mintmark CON makes it possible, however, that the issue was struck in Constantinopolis and then shipped to the Crimea." [/I] Q[/QUOTE]
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