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ID number: BIRBI-B4914 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D. Maker: Romanos I Lekapenos; Kherson Denomination: Follis Place made: Crimean Peninsula: Kherson Culture: Byzantine Date made: 921-944 Metal: Base Metal Diameter (cm): 2.60 Weight (g): 7.05 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 3683. A. H. Baldwin, 15th March 1957. |

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Description: Obverse: Monogram of Romanos (Captial Rho on crescent-shaped base). Reverse: Monogram of 'Despotes', made up of large stylised Delta on top of Pi.
Inscriptions: Obverse: None. Reverse: None.
Bibliography: DOC III.2 pl. XL AE34.2
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