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Numismatics ID number: BIRBI-B4396 Object type: Coin Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D. Maker: Leo III; Constantinople Denomination: Follis Place made: Istanbul Culture: Byzantine Date made: 717-720 Metal: Base metal Diameter (cm): 2.20 Weight (g): 4.10 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 1922. Bought Glendining 1950. |
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Description: Obverse: Emperor standing facing wrapped in loros, with mappa held aloft in r. hand and cross-topped sceptre in l. Reverse: M with cross above. Inscriptions: Obverse: ƆN-… N... (Our Lord Leo?) Reverse: AИ… XXɪ (Year 20 or 21?). Off. Γ (3). Mint mark COM. Bibliography: MIB III Leo III pl.52 Küpfer 24. Notes: Coin of uncertain attribution. Article of Grierson 1974 attributes it to Leo III on grounds of a specimen with readable inscription. Whitting's original notes log the inscription of this coin as dNOIV ST INI AV, but this is no longer visible. Leontios is also a plausible attribution on grounds of loros and raised mappa. |
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| Constantinople Roman;Byzantine | |
| Whitting, Philip David British 1903 1988 | |
| Leo III Syrian 685 741-06-18 | |
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