SEAR 1330 LEONTIUS

Ruler: Leontius (695-698)

Obverse: D LEO N PE AV facing bust, bearded, wearing crown and loros, holding akakia and cross on globe. 

Reverse: VICTORIA AVGU cross potent on three steps, officina letter.

Mint: Constantinople

Reference: Sear 1330

Provenance: ex coll. Robert Schuman (1953-2022); ex Auction Fritz Rudolf Künker 28, Osnabrück 1995, Nr. 257.

Note: The akakia (/əˈkækiə/, Greek: ἀκακία, literally or "not-wickedness". a- "not" or "against", kakia "wickedness"),was a cylindrical purple silk roll containing dust which is depicted in wall mosaics and on coinage as being held by Byzantine emperors during ceremonies. It symbolized the mortal nature of all men. It possibly developed from the mappa, the cloth used by the Roman consuls to start the races at the hippodrome.

Collezione : 19 Byzantine solidi