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Numismatics

ID number:  BIRBI-B4810
Object type:  Coin
Institution:  The Barber Institute of Fine Arts
Named collection:  G. Haines Collection
Collector:  Haines, Geoffrey
Maker:  Leo VI; Constantinople
Denomination:  Miliaresion
Place made:  Istanbul
Culture:  Byzantine
Date made:  886-908
Metal:  Silver
Diameter (cm):  2.10
Weight (g):  2.54
Axis (degrees):  0.00
Provenance:  Haines 2154. A.H. Baldwin, 1942.
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Description:  Obverse: Inscription within three pelleted borders, ornamented with eight equally spaced globes. Reverse: Cross potent on three steps, globe beneath, within three pelleted borders.

Inscriptions:  Obverse: + LЄѠh Єh X'Ѡ ЄV/SЄbHS bASI/LЄVS RѠ/MAIѠh (Leo, in Christ pious emperor of the Romans). Reverse: IhSЧS XRI STЧS nICA (Jesus Christ conquers).

Bibliography:  DOC III.2 3

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Haines, Geoffrey Colton
British
1899
1981-09-14
Constantinople
Roman;Byzantine


Leo VI
Byzantine
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