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Numismatics

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.
BIRBI-B4817.jpg

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

3 Related People

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


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