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ID number: BIRBI-B4819 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D. Maker: Leo VI; Alexander; Constantinople Denomination: Follis Place made: Istanbul Culture: Byzantine Date made: 886-912 Metal: Base metal Diameter (cm): 2.80 Weight (g): 7.94 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 1074. Hall Sale, November 1950, ex lot 2326, from Lincoln 1926 (4/6). |

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Description: Obverse: Leo bearded seated l. on double throne with smaller beardless figure of Alexander seated r., both wearing loros and crown topped with cross, labarum held between. Reverse: None.
Inscriptions: Obverse: + LЄOn S ALЄΞAh6ROS (Leo and Alexander, emperors of the Romans). Reverse: + LЄOh S ALЄΞAn6ROS bASIL' ROMЄOh (Leo and Alexander, emperors of the Romans).
Bibliography: DOC III.2 6
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