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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 : "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."
Reference : 0820-310
Collection : L'Empire romain