Byzanz: Leo VI. und Alexander

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Events

Created

When	886-912
Where	Constantinople

Commissioned

Who	Leo VI the Wise (866-912)

Owned

Who	Benoni Friedländer (1773-1858)

Was depicted (Actor)

Who	Alexander (Byzantine Emperor) (870-913)

Was depicted (Actor)

Who	Leo VI the Wise (866-912)

Relation to places

Eastern Europe

Keywords

40 Nummi (Follis) Authority Bronze Coin Early Middle Ages Early Middle Ages Empress Middle Ages

Description

Front: Leo VI. (l.) und Alexander (r.) sitzen jeder mit Krone und in Stola (loros) nebeneinander in der Vorderansicht auf einem Thron. Alexander zusätzlich mit Beutel (akakia). Zwischen ihnen ein Feldzeichen (labarum).
Rear: Vierzeiliges Schriftfeld.

Inscription

Vorderseite: + LEOn - S ALEXAnGROS (Leon kai Alexandros)
Rückseite: + LEOn / S ALEXAn/GROS bASIL / ROmEOn (Leon kai Alexandros Basileis Romaion)

Material/Technique

Bronze; struck

Measurements

Diameter: 27 mm
Weight: 7.32 g

Literature

D. R. Sear, Byzantine coins and their values ²(1987) 332 Nr. 1730.
P. Grierson, Catalogue of the Byzantine coins in the Dumbarton Oaks Collection and in the Whittemore Collection III-2 (1973) 516 ff. Nr. 6 (datiert 886-912).