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ID:     74000854
Type:     Byzantine
Region:     BYZANTINE EMPIRE
Issuer:     Leo VI the Wise
Date Ruled:     AD 886-912
Metal:     Bronze
Denomination:     Follis
Struck / Cast:     struck
Date Struck:     AD 886-912
Weight:     6.88 g
Die Axis:     6 h
Obverse Legend:     +LEOn bA-S-ILEVS ROM *
Obverse Description:     Leo enthroned facing, wearing crown and loros, holding labarum in right hand, akakia in left; throne has curved arms and ornamented back
Reverse Legend:     +LEOn/En QEO bA/SILEVS R/OMEOn
Reverse Description:     Legeng in four lines
Mint:     Constantinople
Primary Reference:     SBCV 1728
Reference2:     DOC III 5
Photograph Credit:     Classical Numismatic Group
Source:     http://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=97267
Grade:     EF, black patina, trivial scrape on reverse.
Notes:     Sale: Triton X, Lot: 854