Leo VI the Wise, 886-912. Follis (Bronze, 26 mm, 6.54 g, 6 h), Constantinopolis. +LЄOn bASILЄVS ROM' Bust of Leo VI facing, with short beard, wearing crown ornamented with cross and chlamys, holding akakia in his left hand. Rev. +LЄOn / Єn ΘЄΟ bΑ/SILЄVS R/OmЄΟҺ in four lines. DOC 8. SB 1729. Very fine.
From the collection of a Swiss scholar, formed over the past thirty years.