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   View Categories Home > Catalog > |Byzantine Coins| > |Macedonian Dynasty| > |Leo VI| > BZ71994
Byzantine Empire, Leo VI the Wise, 6 January 870 - 11 May 912 A.D.
|Leo| |VI|, |Byzantine| |Empire,| |Leo| |VI| |the| |Wise,| |6| |January| |870| |-| |11| |May| |912| |A.D.|, In 907, Oleg led the Kievan Rus' in a campaign against Constantinople.
BZ71994. Bronze follis, DOC III-2 8, Morrisson BnF 35/Cp/AE/14, Wroth BMC 8, Ratto 1873, Sommer 34.5, SBCV 1729, VF, choice obverse, nice dark green patina, Constantinople (Istanbul, Turkey) mint, weight 6.437g, maximum diameter 27.2mm, die axis 0o, 6 Jan 870 - 11 May 912; obverse + LEOn bASILVS ROm, bust facing, with short beard, wearing crown with cross and chlamys, holding akakia in left hand; reverse + LEOn/En ΘEO bA/SILEVS R/OMEOn, inscription in four lines; SOLD










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