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Numismatics

ID number:  BIRBI-B4635
Object type:  Coin
Institution:  The Barber Institute of Fine Arts
Named collection:  G. Haines Collection
Collector:  Haines, Geoffrey; Lord Grantley
Maker:  Leo V; Constantine; Constantinople
Denomination:  Miliaresion
Place made:  Istanbul
Culture:  Byzantine
Date made:  813-820
Metal:  Silver
Diameter (cm):  2.30
Weight (g):  1.93
Axis (degrees):  0.00
Provenance:  Haines 938; bt. A. H. Baldwin 1948, ex Lord Grantley collection.
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Description:  Obverse: legend within one dotted circle. Reverse: cross potent on three steps.

Inscriptions:  Obverse: + LEOh / S COhSτAh/τIhE EC θEЧ / bASILIS RO/MAIOh (Leo and Constantintine by God Emperors of the Romans). Reverse: IhSЧS XRISτЧS nICA (Jesus Christ conquer).

Bibliography:  DOC III.1 pl.XVII AR4.3, BN II pl.LXXI Cp/AR/02

5 Related People

Haines_Geoffrey-T.jpg
Haines, Geoffrey Colton
British
1899
1981-09-14
Constantinople
Roman;Byzantine


Leo V
Armenian

820-12-25
Constantine
Armenian


Lord Grantley
British
01 Oct 1855
05 Aug 1943
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