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ID number: BIRBI-B4782 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): 3.00 Weight (g): 4.74 Axis (degrees): 0.00 Provenance: Whitting 2798. |

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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: + LЄO[…] (Leo, Basil and Constantine, emperors). Reverse: + bASIL[…] CO[…]STAH[…]TS LЄOИ ЄИ […] bAS[…] (Basil, Constantine and Leo, by God emperors of the Romans).
Bibliography: DOC III.2 10
Notes: Overstruck on follis of Basil I DOC type 9, reverse on obverse.
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