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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

3 Related People

Romanos I Lekapenos
Armenian

948
Kherson
Greek, Byzantine.


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Whitting, Philip David
British
1903
1988
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