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Numismatics
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Ruler: Leo VI, emperor of Byzantium 886-912
Mint: Constantinople
Artist: Unknown
Copper follis (40-nummi) of Leo VI from Constantinople
886–912
Copper
5.00 g, 5:00, 26.2 mm
Transfer from the Yale University Library, Numismatic Collection, 2001, Gift of Professor Fisk Parsons Brewer, B.A. 1852
2001.87.20605
Geography:
Made in Constantinople, Thrace
Status:
By appointment
Culture:
Byzantine
Period:
9th–10th century
Classification:
Numismatics
Provenance:
Professor Fisk Parsons Brewer, to about 1890; Yale University Library, New Haven, Conn., from about 1890 to 2001; Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn.
Note: This electronic record was created from historic documentation that does not necessarily reflect the Yale University Art Gallery’s complete or current knowledge about the object. Review and updating of such records is ongoing.
