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ID number: BIRBI-B4774 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D. Maker: Basil I; Constantine; Leo VI; Constantinople Denomination: Follis Place made: Istanbul Culture: Byzantine Date made: 870-879 Metal: Base metal Diameter (cm): 2.70 Weight (g): 6.65 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 3029. A.H. Baldwin, October 1955. |
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Description: Obverse: Basil bearded standing facing to centre, wearing loros and crown with cross, smaller beardless figures of Leo (l.) and Constantine (r.) either side, both wearing chlamys and crown with cross. Reverse: None.
Inscriptions: Obverse: + LЄOn bASIL S COnST AVGI (Leo, Basil and Constantine, emperors). Reverse: + bASIL COnSTAn/TS LЄOn Єn ΘO bASILS ROMЄOn (Basil, Constantine and Leo, by God emperors of the Romans).
Bibliography: DOC III.2 10a
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