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ID number: BIRBI-MH0011 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D.; Mardin Hoard Maker: Romanos I Lekapenos; Constantinople Denomination: Follis Place made: Eurasia: Istanbul Culture: Byzantine Date made: 931-944 Metal: Base Metal Diameter (cm): 2.65 Weight (g): 7.11 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 8093, January 1976. |

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Description: Obverse: Bust of Romanos I facing, bearded, wearing chlamys with tablion and heavy crown with cross. In r. hand labarum sceptre. In l. hand globus cruciger. Reverse: None.
Inscriptions: Obverse: +RωMAh' bAS… (Romanos Emperor of the Romans). + Rω.. / Єh Θ… / SILЄVS Rω / MAIωh (Romanos, through God, Emperor of the Romans)
Bibliography: DOC III.2.25a.3
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