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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Brian Bucklan, post: 2375133, member: 76544&quot;]I love late roman monograms and have collected them for many years. There is one scarcer Roman monogram that there is some disagreement as to which Emperor it represents; it could either be Leo I or Leontius. RIC lists it as a Leo “Latin Monogram” but the footnote states that it may be attributed to Leontius. The only difference between the two similar monogram styles is the extra left bar forming a T at the upper right. Here are a couple examples from my collection:</p><p><br /></p><p style="text-align: center">[ATTACH=full]486144[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;ve seen around 20 of these over the years and the odd thing is that not a single one has a legible obverse legend. Most of the time there is no lettering at all, but on a few I saw a reversed E or some unintelligible marks. This is definitely different from the Leo types which almost always have some or all of the legend (DN LEO ….) showing. Even RIC just puts a “?” as to the obverse legend on these types. Maybe it is Leontius after all. I guess we’ll never know but it is fun to speculate.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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