RIC X Leontius 1102
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
AD 484–AD 488
Issuing entity
Roman EmpireMaker / issuer
Antioch, Syria (ancient mint)
Solidus in gold struck at Antioch, Syria under Leontius, AD 484–AD 488, catalogued as RIC X Leontius 1102. Obverse: Bust of Leontius, helmeted, pearl-diademed, cuirassed, facing front, holding spear in right hand behind head and shield decorated with horseman on left arm. Reverse: Victory, winged, draped, standing right, supporting long jeweled cross; star in right field. Weight, diameter, die axis and a rights-cleared photograph are not yet documented for this type record.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- Gold
- Manufacture
- Struck
- Denomination
- Solidus
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Antioch, Syria
- Issuing authority
- Leontius
Design
- Obverse type
- Bust of Leontius, helmeted, pearl-diademed, cuirassed, facing front, holding spear in right hand behind head and shield decorated with horseman on left arm
- Reverse type
- Victory, winged, draped, standing right, supporting long jeweled cross; star in right field
- Obverse legend
- D N LEONT-IO PERPS AVG
- Reverse legend
- (rev.U)ICT-RA A(rev.U)OGG
Identification
- Type corpus record
- https://numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric.10.leon_e.1102
- Catalogue reference
- RIC X Leontius 1102
- Type corpus identifier
- ric.10.leon_e.1102
Catalogue references
Research required
- Nominal weight not transcribed from a primary reference
- Diameter and die axis not transcribed
- Mint mark and officina detail not transcribed
- No rights-cleared photograph identified yet