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ID number: BIRBI-MH0008 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D.; Mardin Hoard Maker: Leo VI; Constantinople Denomination: Follis Place made: Eurasia: Istanbul Culture: Byzantine Date made: 886-912 Metal: Base Metal Diameter (cm): 2.65 Weight (g): 7.80 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 8090, January 1976. |

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Description: Obverse: Bust of Leo VI with short beard, facing, wearing clamys and crown with cross. On r. shoulder, roundel with central pellet. In l. hand akakia. Reverse: None.
Inscriptions: Obverse: +LЄOh bASILЄVSROM… (Leo Emperor of the Romans) Reverse: +LЄOh / Єh ΘЄO bA / SILЄVS R / OMЄOh (Leo, through God, Emperor of the Romans)
Bibliography: DOC III.2.8.14
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