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ID number: BIRBI-B4891 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: G. Haines Collection Collector: Haines, Geoffrey Maker: Romanos I Lekapenos; Constantinople Denomination: Follis Place made: Istanbul Culture: Byzantine Date made: 931-944 Metal: Base Metal Diameter (cm): 2.60 Weight (g): 7.35 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Haines 761. Ex Edward Shepherd Collection, 1924. |

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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' bASILЄV 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. XXXVIII AE25a.4
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