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Triton XVII, Lot: 858. Estimate $2000.
Sold for $5250. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Leo III the "Isaurian", with Constantine V. 717-741. AR Hexagram or Miliaresion (17mm, 2.18 g, 7h). Constantinople mint. Struck circa 724-731. ∂ N D LЄO N PA MЧL [...], crowned and draped facing bust of Leo, holding globus cruciger in left hand and akakia in right / ∂ N C[ONSτ ANτINЧS] ML, crowned and draped facing bust of Constantine, holding globus cruciger in left hand and akakia in right. Bendall, “The Last Byzantine Hexagram?,” in NumCirc 110/1 (February 2002), p. 6; DOC –; Füeg 5.A.6 or 5.B.3 (both unlisted in silver); SB –. EF, minor roughness. Extremely rare – only the second specimen known for this series and the first of this variety.