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. |