1 Nummus of Leo VI, emperor of Byzantium 886 912 from Constantinople Mint: Constantinople (Thrace)
Ruler: Leo VI, Emperor of Byzantium, 866–912, ruled 886–912

886–912

Numismatics

By appointment, Pratt Study Room
Medium

Copper

Dimensions

4.76 g, 6:00, 25 mm

Credit Line

Transfer from the Yale University Library, Numismatic Collection, 2001, Gift of Professor Alfred R. Bellinger

Accession Number

2001.87.3465

Geography

Made in Constantinople

Culture

Byzantine

Period

9th–10th century

Classification

Numismatics

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Numismatics

Obverse Description

Obverse Description: LEON BASILEVS ROM Bust of Leo VI facing in tunic an crown with cross.

Reverse Description

Reverse Description: + LEON / EN THEO BA / SILEVS R / OMEON
Provenance
Professor Alfred R. Bellinger, New Haven, Conn., by 1978; Yale University Library, New Haven, Conn., from about 1978 to 2001; Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn.
Object copyright
No Copyright - United States
Additional information

Object/Work type

coins, money, nummi

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