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Berlin, Münzkabinett der Staatlichen Museen Coin Gallery Bode-Museum Room 242, BM46/27 The Byzantine Empire 5-12th Cent. Silver and Bronze |
Obverse |
+ LEOn bAS-ILEVS ROm [Leon Basileus Romaion]. Büste des Leo VI. mit Krone, Mantel und Beutel (akakia) in der Vorderansicht. |
Reverse |
+ LEOn / En ΘEO bA/SILEVS R/omEon [Leon en Theo Basileus Romaion]. Vierzeiliges Schriftfeld. |
Class/status |
Imperial issue (medieval/modern) |
Denomination |
40 Nummi (Follis) 40 Nummi (Follis)A coin of the Byzantine period valued as 40 nummi as shown by the ltter M resp. m on the reverse.
For the new coin introduced under Diocletian's monetary reform see nummus. |
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Bronze ; 6,99 g; 28 mm; 6 h |
Publications |
P. Grierson, Catalogue of the Byzantine coins in the Dumbarton Oaks Collection and in the Whittemore Collection III-2 (1973) 518 ff. Nr. 8 (datiert 886-912); D. R. Sear, Byzantine coins and their values ²(1987) 331 Nr. 1729. |
Department |
Medieval Period, Early Middle Ages |