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ID number: BIRBI-B4917 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): 2.00 Weight (g): 2.71 Axis (degrees): 0.00 Provenance: Whitting 1987. A. H. Baldwin, August 1950. |

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Description: Obverse: Block Monogram of Romanos (Rho surmounting a capital Alpha, above a Mu). Reverse: Monogram of 'Basileus' (Capital Beta with capital Alpha within lower loop).
Inscriptions: Obverse: None. Reverse: None.
Bibliography: DOC III.2 pl. XL AE36
Notes: Previously attributed to Romanos II by Whitting.
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