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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Caesar_Augustus, post: 5172635, member: 87659&quot;]Welcome! Byzantine coins, or coins from very late in the Roman Empire&#039;s history as I like to call them, are truly fascinating. They tell one of the greatest stories of all time. The struggle of the Great Roman Empire to survive. </p><p><br /></p><p>Leo VI the Wise</p><p>AE Follis</p><p><img src="https://badlight.github.io/josephscoins/images/leovi1/leovi1.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>886 - 912 A.D., Constantinople Mint, null Officina</p><p>7.72g, 28.0mm, 6H</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Obverse:</b> +LЄOҺ bASILЄVS ROM&#039;,</p><p><i>Bust of Leo VI facing, with short beard, wearing crown ornamented with cross and chlamys, holding akakia in his left hand</i></p><p><br /></p><p><b>Reverse:</b> +LЄOҺ/ЄҺ ΘЄΟ bΑ/SILЄVS R/OmЄΟnҺ,</p><p><i>Legend in 4 lines</i></p><p><br /></p><p><b>Exergue:</b> -</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Provenance:</b> Ex. Leu Numismatik Web Auction 5, Lot 1307</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Reference:</b> SBCV 1729[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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