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ID number: BIRBI-B4814 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: G. Haines Collection Collector: Haines, Geoffrey Maker: Leo VI; Constantinople Denomination: Follis Place made: Istanbul Culture: Byzantine Date made: 886-912 Metal: Base metal Diameter (cm): 2.70 Weight (g): 7.28 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Haines 844. Presented by Mr P.D. Whitting, 1952. |

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Description: Obverse: Leo bearded seated on lyre-backed throne, wearing loros and crown topped with cross, holding labarum in r. hand. Reverse: None.
Inscriptions: Obverse: + LЄOh bA S IL[…] * (Leo, emperor of the Romans). Reverse: + LЄOh Єh ΘЄO bA/SILЄVS R/OMЄOn (Leo, by God emperor of the Romans).
Bibliography: DOC III.2 5
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