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ID number: BIRBI-B4776 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): 2.60 Weight (g): 7.90 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 3682. |

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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: Star below.
Inscriptions: Obverse: + LЄOH IASIL S COHST AUGG' (Leo, Basil and Constantine, emperors). Reverse: + bASIL COИSZAИ/ZS LЄOИ ЄИ ΘO bASILS ROMЄOИ (Basil, Constantine and Leo, by God emperors of the Romans).
Bibliography: DOC III.2 10c
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