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ID number: BIRBI-B4807 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D. Maker: Leo VI; Constantinople Denomination: Nomisma Place made: Istanbul Culture: Byzantine Date made: 886-908 Metal: Gold Diameter (cm): 2.00 Weight (g): 4.39 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 727. Lucerne (Number 429), 2nd April 1958. |

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Description: Obverse: Bust of Virgin facing, wearing habit and cowl, hands raised in orans position. Reverse: Bust of Leo standing facing with long bear, wearing chlamys marked with pelleted borders and crown topped with cross, holding in r. hand a globus cruciger.
Inscriptions: Obverse: + MARIA + // MHR ΘЧ (Maria, Mother of God). Reverse: LEOh Eh CRISTO bASIEЧS ROMEOh (Leo, by Christ emperor of the Romans).
Bibliography: DOC III.2 1b
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