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ID number: BIRBI-B4817 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: Follis Place made: Istanbul Culture: Byzantine Date made: 886-912 Metal: Base metal Diameter (cm): 2.60 Weight (g): 7.29 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 1077. Hall Sale, November 1950, ex lot 2326. |
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Description: Obverse: Leo bearded seated on lyre-backed throne, wearing loros and crown topped with cross, holding labarum in r. hand. Reverse: None.
Inscriptions: Obverse: + LЄOn bA S ILЄVS ROM' * (Leo, emperor of the Romans). Reverse: + LЄOh Єh ΘЄO bA/SILЄVS R/OMЄOn (Leo, by God emperor of the Romans).
Bibliography: DOC III.2 5
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