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ID number: BIRBI-B4633 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D. Maker: Leo V; Constantine; Constantinople Denomination: Solidus Place made: Istanbul Culture: Byzantine Date made: 813-820 Metal: Gold Diameter (cm): 2.05 Weight (g): 4.43 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 0406; bt. J. C. S. Rashleigh no. 242 January 1953. |
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Description: Obverse: bust of Leo facing wearing chlamys and cross crown holding cross potent in r. hand and akakia in l. Reverse: bust of Constantine facing wearing chlamys and cross crown holding globus cruciger in r. hand and akakia in l.
Inscriptions: Obverse: · LE On bASILEЧ' (Leo Emperor). Reverse: CohSτ Ahτ dESP (Constantine Despot). Off. E.
Bibliography: DOC III.1 pl.XVII AV2a.1
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