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ID number: BIRBI-B4813 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D. Maker: Leo VI; Constantine VII; Constantinople Denomination: Miliaresion Place made: Istanbul Culture: Byzantine Date made: 908-912 Metal: Silver Diameter (cm): 2.40 Weight (g): 2.75 Axis (degrees): 0.00 Provenance: Whitting 3052. Cahn, Basel, January 1956. |

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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: + LЄOh CЄ CObSTAhTI/h Єb X'Ѡ ЄV/SЄbIS bASI/LI' ROM' (Leo and Constantine, in Christ pious emperors of the Romans). Reverse: IhSЧS XRI STЧS nICA (Jesus Christ conquers).
Bibliography: DOC III.2 4
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