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ID number: BIRBI-B4436 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D. Maker: Leontios; Syracuse Denomination: Follis Place made: Sicily: Syracuse Culture: Byzantine Date made: 695-698 Metal: Base metal Diameter (cm): 2.60 Weight (g): 5.06 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 1923. Bought 1950. |

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Description: Obverse: bust of Leontios facing, bearded, wearing loros and crossed crown, with mappa in r. hand. Reverse: monogram visible above M denomination mark.
Inscriptions: Obverse: None visible. Reverse: None visible. Mint Mark: SCL.
Bibliography: MIB III Leontios pl.42 Küpfer 36.
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