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ID number:  BIRBI-B4915
Object type:  Coin
Institution:  The Barber Institute of Fine Arts
Named collection:  G. Haines Collection
Collector:  Haines, Geoffrey
Maker:  Romanos I Lekapenos; Kherson
Denomination:  Follis
Place made:  Crimean Peninsula: Kherson
Culture:  Byzantine
Date made:  921-944
Metal:  Base Metal
Diameter (cm):  2.50
Weight (g):  7.94
Axis (degrees):  180.00
Provenance:  Haines 762. A. H. Baldwin, 1948.
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Description:  Obverse: Monogram of Romanos (Captial Rho on omega-shaped base). Reverse: Cross on two steps, pellets to either side.

Inscriptions:  Obverse: None. Reverse: None.

Bibliography:  DOC III.2 pl. XL AE32a.1

3 Related People

Kherson
Greek, Byzantine.


Romanos I Lekapenos
Armenian

948
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Haines, Geoffrey Colton
British
1899
1981-09-14
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