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ID number: BIRBI-B4583 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D. Maker: Leo IV; Constantine VI; Constantinople Denomination: Solidus Place made: Istanbul Culture: Byzantine Date made: 776-780 Metal: Gold Diameter (cm): 2.00 Weight (g): 4.41 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 1726. Bt A. H. Baldwin 30.ix.1968; ex Dr. Protonotarios. |

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Description: Obverse: Leo IV, bearded, and son Constantine, beardless, standing facing wearing chlamys and cross crowns, a pellet between their heads and a cross above. Reverse: Leo III and Constantine V, both bearded, standing facing wearing loros and cross crowns, a pellet between their heads and a cross above.
Inscriptions: Obverse: LEOn VS S EΓΓOn COnSτAnτInOS O nES (Leo, son and grandson, [and] the new Constantine). Reverse: LEO[...] τAnτInOS PAτHR (Leo, Constantine the father). Mint-mark: Θ.
Bibliography: DOC III.1 pl. XII AV1, BN II pl. LXIX Cp/AV/01-4
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