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Numismatics ID number: BIRBI-B4831 Object type: Coin Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D. Maker: Leo VI; Constantinople Denomination: Follis Place made: Istanbul Culture: Byzantine Date made: 886-912 Metal: Base metal Diameter (cm): 2.70 Weight (g): 6.23 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 3615. |
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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: + LЄOИ 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 Notes: Overstruck on Follis of Basil I and sons, DOC type 10 or 11, reverse on obverse. |
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| Leo VI Byzantine 866 912 | |
| Whitting, Philip David British 1903 1988 | |
| Constantinople Roman;Byzantine | |
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