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Coin of Romanos I
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Obv.: Above and below inscription, -- cross -- . Three borders of pellets ornamented with eight globules.
Rev.: Cross potent on three steps, at cross's intersection, oval medallian with facing bust of Romanus having long beard and wearing modified loros and crown with pendilia. Beneath steps of cross, cross (formed by central dot and one dot each above and to side of it). Three borders of pellets, with four globules on outer borders.
Department of Ancient and Byzantine Art & Numismatics
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum Bequest of Thomas Whittemore
Title: Coin of Romanos I
Description:
Obv.
: Above and below inscription, -- cross -- .
Three borders of pellets ornamented with eight globules.
Rev.
: Cross potent on three steps, at cross's intersection, oval medallian with facing bust of Romanus having long beard and wearing modified loros and crown with pendilia.
Beneath steps of cross, cross (formed by central dot and one dot each above and to side of it).
Three borders of pellets, with four globules on outer borders.
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