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ID number: BIRBI-B4784 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: G. Haines Collection Collector: Haines, Geoffrey 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): 7.37 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Haines 847. A.H. Baldwin, 1956. |
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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 bASIL COnSZ AЧGC (Leo, Basil and Constantine, emperors). Reverse: +bASIL COnSZAn/ZS LЄOn Єn ΘO bASILS ROMЄOn (Basil, Constantine and Leo, by God emperors of the Romans).
Bibliography: DOC III.2 10c
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