Leo VI the Wise, 886-912. Follis (Bronze, 26 mm, 7.31 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. Repatinated, otherwise, about extremely fine.

From the collection of Dr. Max Blaschegg, Leu Web Auction 22, 20 August 2022, 313 (with collector’s ticket), ex Rauch 96, 10-12 December 2014, 672.