Online Collections at UoB - Objects
Go to the Advanced Search
<< Viewing Record 25 of 51 >>
View : Light Box | List View | Image List | Detailed
 


Numismatics

ID number:  BIRBI-B4828
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):  7.08
Axis (degrees):  180.00
Provenance:  Haines 848. E.S. Sepheriades, Athens, 1957.
BIRBI-B4828.jpg

Description:  Obverse: Bust of Leo bearded facing, wearing chlamys with fibula and crown topped with cross, holding akakia in l. hand. Reverse: None.

Inscriptions:  Obverse: + LЄOn bAS ILЄVS ROM' (Leo, emperor of the Romans). Reverse: + LЄOn Єn ΘЄO bA/SILЄVS R/OMЄOn (Leo, by God emperor of the Romans).

Bibliography:  DOC III.2 8

3 Related People

Haines_Geoffrey-T.jpg
Haines, Geoffrey Colton
British
1899
1981-09-14
Leo VI
Byzantine
866
912
Constantinople
Roman;Byzantine


<< Viewing Record 25 of 51 >>