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LOT 3479
Leo VI 'the Wise', with Alexander AE Follis. AD 886-912.
Constantinople mint. + LЄOҺ S ALЄΞAҺδROS, two emperors seated facing on double throne, each wearing crown and loros, and holding between them labarum / + LЄOҺ S ALЄΞAҺδROS ЬASIL' ROMЄOҺ in four lines across field. DOC 6; SB 1730. Very Fine.(6.90gr, 25mm, 7h.).
Provenance
From the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s.
Ex Classical Numismatic Group, Electronic Auction 531.2, 26 January 2023, lot 1773 (part of).
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