Posted 06/21/2015 04:47 am
VK, the evidence is certainly far from conclusive. Ill present a couple of arguments for the attribution of this issue to Leontius over Leo. But hey, Leontius or otherwise, this type is still very rare and interesting.
1. The monogram being 1 bar off of Leo's - Well, the same is true of Zenonis, whose monogram is exactly the same as Zeno's except for an S imposed over the central crossbar, and Zenonis' existence (and the attribution of her coinage) is undisputed (not just by the female bust, but also because enough of her coinage survives to be able to work out the inscription).
2. Leontius Struck Coinage - 3 of his solidi are known. However, if you ignore these nummi, no coppers are known, which is odd because he controlled the mint at Antioch for quite a while (4 years).
3. The monogram not containing V - His solidi read DN LEONTIO PERP... the letters of which are represented here.
4. No Leontius coin has ever been found in a hoard from Leo's reign but they have turned up in later hoards.
Im writing to a couple of places to see if I cant find out some more information.
1. The monogram being 1 bar off of Leo's - Well, the same is true of Zenonis, whose monogram is exactly the same as Zeno's except for an S imposed over the central crossbar, and Zenonis' existence (and the attribution of her coinage) is undisputed (not just by the female bust, but also because enough of her coinage survives to be able to work out the inscription).
2. Leontius Struck Coinage - 3 of his solidi are known. However, if you ignore these nummi, no coppers are known, which is odd because he controlled the mint at Antioch for quite a while (4 years).
3. The monogram not containing V - His solidi read DN LEONTIO PERP... the letters of which are represented here.
4. No Leontius coin has ever been found in a hoard from Leo's reign but they have turned up in later hoards.
Im writing to a couple of places to see if I cant find out some more information.
