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Numismatics

ID number:  BIRBI-B4888
Object type:  Coin
Institution:  The Barber Institute of Fine Arts
Named collection:  P. D. Whitting Collection
Collector:  Whitting, Philip D.
Maker:  Romanos I Lekapenos; Constantinople
Denomination:  Follis
Place made:  Istanbul
Culture:  Byzantine
Date made:  931-944
Metal:  Base Metal
Diameter (cm):  2.80
Weight (g):  7.51
Axis (degrees):  180.00
Provenance:  Whitting 3631. R. M. Cuningham, February 1951.
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Description:  Obverse: Bust of Romanos facing, bearded, wearing chlamys and crown with cross, holding globus cruciger in l. hand and labarum in r. hand. Reverse: None.

Inscriptions:  Obverse: +RWMAh' bAS ILЄV RWM (Romanos Emperor of the Romanos). Reverse: +RWMA h'Єh ΘЄW bA SIL ЄVS RW MAIWh (Romanos by God Emperor of the Romans).

Bibliography:  DOC III.2 pl. XXXIX AE25b.19

3 Related People

Constantinople
Roman;Byzantine


Romanos I Lekapenos
Armenian

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Whitting, Philip David
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