The scholarly Leo VI on a somewhat strange throne looking regal. Leo VI (AD 886-912); Constantinople; Æ Follis; Obv: +LEOn bAS - ILEVS ROM* Leo enthroned facing, wearing crown and loros, and holding labarum and akakia; Rev: Inscription in four lines: +LEOn / Eh ΘEO bA / SILEVS R / OmEOh; 6.90g, 28.00 mm; Sear 1728
I love this mixture of Greek and Latin. The legend is Greek, but phonetically written in Latin letters, except for the θ which is a Greek letter... In Greek the legend is : Λέων ἐν θεῷ βασιλεὺς Ῥωμαίων (Leon, in God King of the Romans) Which is phonetically rendered in Latin letters as: Leon en θeo basileus Romeon
