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ID number:  BIRBI-B4871
Object type:  Coin
Institution:  The Barber Institute of Fine Arts
Maker:  Constantine VII; Zoe Karbonopsina; Constantinople
Denomination:  Follis
Place made:  Istanbul
Culture:  Byzantine
Date made:  913-919
Metal:  Base Metal
Diameter (cm):  2.60
Weight (g):  6.83
Axis (degrees):  180.00
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Description:  Obverse: Bust of Constantine facing, beardless, to l. wearing a loros and crown with pendilia and a cross, with Zoe taller to r. wearing chlamys and crown with pendilia and a cross. They hold between them a long cross. Reverse: None.

Inscriptions:  Obverse: +τOhSτAhτ' CЄ ZOH b' (Constantine and Zoe, Emperors of the Romans). Reverse: +COhS τAhZIhO, CЄ ZOH bA SILIS RO MЄOh (Constantine and Zoe, Emperors of the Romans).

Bibliography:  DOC III.2 pl. XXXVIII AE22.3

3 Related People

Constantinople
Roman;Byzantine


Constantine VII
Byzantine
905
959
Zoe Karbonopsina
Byzantine


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