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ID number: BIRBI-B4835 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): 1.80 Weight (g): 1.74 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 3616. |

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Description: Obverse: Leo and Alexander standing facing, Leo bearded l. and Alexander smaller and beardless on r. both wearing chlamys and crown with cross, with labarum held between with Leo's hand placed on labarum shaft above Alexander's. Reverse: None.
Inscriptions: Obverse: […]. Reverse: + LЄOn S ALЄΞA/6ROS bAS' […]OMЄ (Leo and Alexander, emperors of the Romans).
Bibliography: DOC III.2 7
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