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Home ▸ Catalog ▸ |Roman Coins| ▸ |The Late Empire| ▸ |Verina||View Options:   | | | Verina was the highly ambitious and capable wife of Leo I. After the death of her husband she continued to exercise great influence in the governing of the Empire. She was responsible for inciting two failed rebellions against Zeno, by her brother Basiliscus in 475 - 476 and then by Leontius in 484 - 488. She died while under siege at the fortress of Cherris in Isauria, in 484 A.D. |
Verina was the highly ambitious and capable wife of Emperor Leo I. After the death of her husband she continued to exercise great influence in the governing of the Empire. She was responsible for inciting two failed rebellions against Zeno, first by her brother Basiliscus in 475 - 476 A.D and then by Leontius in 484 - 488 A.D. She died at the fortress of Cherris in 484 A.D.RL81754. Bronze half centenionalis, cf. RIC X 713 ff., SRCV V 21435 ff., LRBC II 2272 ff., DOCLR 582 ff., Hunter V - (various mints), VF, nice green patina, legend mostly unstruck, mintmark off flan (as is typical for the type), weight 1.158 g, maximum diameter 11.2 mm, die axis 0o, uncertain mint, 467 - 472 A.D.; obverse D N LEO P F AVG (or similar), pearl-diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust right; reverse Empress Verina standing facing, globus cruciger in right hand, transverse long scepter in left hand, b - E flanking across field, mintmark in exergue; scarce; SOLD
Leo I, 7 February 457 - 18 January 474 A.D., Verina Reverse
Verina was the highly ambitious and capable wife of Emperor Leo I. After the death of her husband she continued to exercise great influence in the governing of the Empire. She was responsible for inciting two failed rebellions against Zeno, first by her brother Basiliscus in 475 - 476 A.D and then by Leontius in 484 - 488 A.D. She died at the fortress of Cherris in 484 A.D.RL84949. Bronze half centenionalis, cf. RIC X 713 ff., SRCV V 21435 ff., LRBC II 2272 ff., DOCLR 582 ff., Hunter V - (various mints), VF, dark green patina, tight flan typical for the type with much of the legend and all the mintmark off flan, weight 1.091 g, maximum diameter 11.5 mm, die axis 180o, uncertain mint, 467 - 472 A.D.; obverse D N LEO P F AVG (or similar), pearl-diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust right; reverse Empress Verina standing facing, globus cruciger in right hand, transverse long scepter in left hand, b - E flanking across field, mintmark in exergue; scarce; SOLD
Leo I, 7 February 457 - 18 January 474 A.D., Verina Reverse
Verina was the highly ambitious and capable wife of Emperor Leo I. After the death of her husband she continued to exercise great influence in the governing of the Empire. She was responsible for inciting two failed rebellions against Zeno, first by her brother Basiliscus in 475 - 476 A.D and then by Leontius in 484 - 488 A.D. She died at the fortress of Cherris in 484 A.D.RL05352. Bronze half centenionalis, cf. RIC X 713 ff., SRCV V 21435 ff., LRBC II 2272 ff., DOCLR 582 ff., Hunter V - (various mints), F, tight flan, legend and mintmark off flan (as is typical for the type), edge cracks, encrustations, weight 0.94 g, maximum diameter 10.0 mm, die axis 180o, uncertain mint, 467 - 472 A.D.; obverse D N LEO P F AVG (or similar), pearl diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust right; reverse Empress Verina standing facing, globus cruciger in right hand, transverse long scepter in left hand, b - E flanking across field, mintmark in exergue; scarce; SOLD
Leo I and Verina, 7 February 457 - 18 January 474 A.D.
Verina was the highly ambitious and capable wife of Emperor Leo I. After the death of her husband she continued to exercise great influence in the governing of the Empire. She was responsible for inciting two failed rebellions against Zeno, first by her brother Basiliscus in 475 - 476 A.D and then by Leontius in 484 - 488 A.D. She died at the fortress of Cherris in 484 A.D.RL84826. Bronze nummus, cf. RIC X 713 - 718; LRBC II 2272; Hahn MIRB 30; DOCLR 583 ff., SRCV V 21435 ff., VF, typical tight flan, weight 1.281 g, maximum diameter 10.9 mm, obverse D N L-EO, pearl-diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust right; reverse Empress Verina standing facing holding cross on globe and transverse scepter, b - E across fields; ex Moneta Numismatic Services; scarce; SOLD
Verina was the highly ambitious and capable wife of Emperor Leo I. After the death of her husband she continued to exercise great influence in the governing of the Empire. She was responsible for inciting two failed rebellions against Zeno, first by her brother Basiliscus in 475 - 476 A.D and then by Leontius in 484 - 488 A.D. She died at the fortress of Cherris in 484 A.D.SH06901. Gold tremissis, RIC X 614, SBCV 4344, gVF, weight 1.47 g, maximum diameter 14.8 mm, Constantinople (Istanbul, Turkey) mint, obverse AEL VERINA AVG, diademed, draped bust right; reverse cross in wreath, CONOB in exergue; ex Harlan Berk; very rare (R2); SOLD
Verina was the highly ambitious and capable wife of Leo I. After the death of her husband she continued to exercise great influence in the governing of the Empire. She was responsible for inciting two failed rebellions against Zeno, by her brother Basiliscus in 475 - 476 and then by Leontius in 484 - 488. She died while under siege at the fortress of Cherris in Isauria, in 484 A.D.SH67607. Bronze AE 2, RIC X 655 var., LRBC 2253 var. (reverse legend is normally SALVS REI-PVBLICAE), F, open flan crack, weight 3.240 g, maximum diameter 20.2 mm, die axis 180o, Constantinople (Istanbul, Turkey) mint, obverse AEL VERINA AVG, draped bust right; reverse SALV REI-PVBLICAE (sic), Victory seated right, holding shield inscribed chi-rho on cippus, CONE in exergue; very rare; SOLD
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