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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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Whitting, Philip David
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1903
1988
Leo VI
Byzantine
866
912
Alexander
Byzantine
870
913
Constantinople
Roman;Byzantine


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