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ID number: BIRBI-B4829 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: G. Haines Collection Collector: Haines, Geoffrey Maker: Leo VI; Constantinople Denomination: Follis Place made: Istanbul Culture: Byzantine Date made: 886-912 Metal: Base metal Diameter (cm): 2.90 Weight (g): 7.54 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Haines 504. Spink, 1921. |

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Description: Obverse: Bust of Leo bearded facing, wearing chlamys with fibula and crown topped with cross, holding akakia in l. hand. Reverse: None.
Inscriptions: Obverse: + LЄOh bAS ILЄVS ROM' (Leo, emperor of the Romans). Reverse: + LЄOh Єh ΘЄO bA/SILЄVS R/OMЄOh (Leo, by God emperor of the Romans).
Bibliography: DOC III.2 8
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