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ID number:  BIRBI-B4829
Object type:  Coin
Institution:  The Barber Institute of Fine Arts
Named collection:  G. Haines Collection
Collector:  Haines, Geoffrey
Maker:  Leo VI; Constantinople
Denomination:  Follis
Place made:  Istanbul
Culture:  Byzantine
Date made:  886-912
Metal:  Base metal
Diameter (cm):  2.90
Weight (g):  7.54
Axis (degrees):  180.00
Provenance:  Haines 504. Spink, 1921.
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Description:  Obverse: Bust of Leo bearded facing, wearing chlamys with fibula and crown topped with cross, holding akakia in l. hand. Reverse: None.

Inscriptions:  Obverse: + LЄOh bAS ILЄVS ROM' (Leo, emperor of the Romans). Reverse: + LЄOh Єh ΘЄO bA/SILЄVS R/OMЄOh (Leo, by God emperor of the Romans).

Bibliography:  DOC III.2 8

3 Related People

Leo VI
Byzantine
866
912
Constantinople
Roman;Byzantine


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Haines, Geoffrey Colton
British
1899
1981-09-14
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