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Numismatics

ID number:  BIRBI-B4809
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:  Miliaresion
Place made:  Istanbul
Culture:  Byzantine
Date made:  886-908
Metal:  Silver
Diameter (cm):  2.40
Weight (g):  2.94
Axis (degrees):  0.00
Provenance:  Whitting 0232.
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Description:  Obverse: Inscription within three pelleted borders, ornamented with eight equally spaced globes. Reverse: Cross potent on three steps, globe beneath, within three pelleted borders.

Inscriptions:  Obverse: + LЄѠh Єh X'Ѡ ЄV/SЄbHS bASI/LЄVS RѠ/MAIѠh (Leo, in Christ pious emperor of the Romans). Reverse: IhSЧS XRI STЧS nICA (Jesus Christ conquers).

Bibliography:  DOC III.2 3

3 Related People

Constantinople
Roman;Byzantine


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Whitting, Philip David
British
1903
1988
Leo VI
Byzantine
866
912
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