Solidus of Leo VI the Wise

Solidus of Leo VI the Wise (886-912). A bust of the Virgin in an attitude of prayer is on the obverse. She wears a maphorion (veil) and a sleeved chiton. On the reverse a bust of the emperor pictured with a long beard, wearing a diadem with a cross, a chlamys fastened at the shoulder by a clasp and a tablion (embroidered panel). In his right hand he holds an orb surmounted by a patriarchal cross. Constantinople mint. Diam. 0.019, Th. 0.001 m. (ΓΕ 32563)