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Numismatics ID number: BIRBI-B4431 Object type: Coin Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D. Maker: Leontios?; Constantinople Denomination: Follis Place made: Istanbul Culture: Byzantine Date made: 695-698? Metal: Base metal Diameter (cm): 1.40 Weight (g): 3.87 Axis (degrees): 45.00 Provenance: Whitting 3494. Bought 1961. |
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Description: Obverse: bust of Leontios? facing, bearded, wearing loros and plumed headgear, holding globus cruciger in r. hand. Reverse: M denomination mark with possible monogram or cross above. Inscriptions: Obverse: None visible. Reverse: …NN… (Year). Off. Γ. Bibliography: cf. DOC II.2 pl.XL AE9. Notes: Coin overstruck but unclear on what. Based on bust, coin assigned to Leontios, yet object to r. of obv. may be identified as an eagle and the coin then assigned to Philippikos. |
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3 Related People | |
| Constantinople Roman;Byzantine | |
| Leontios Byzantine 706 | |
| Whitting, Philip David British 1903 1988 | |
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