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ID number: BIRBI-B4820 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): 2.60 Weight (g): 7.88 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 1075. Glendining, 6th October 1950, Number 206. |

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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 ALЄΞAhOROS (Leo and Alexander, emperors of the Romans). Reverse: + LЄOh S ALЄΞAnGROS bASIL' ROMЄOh (Leo and Alexander, emperors of the Romans).
Bibliography: DOC III.2 6
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