CNG 100, Lot: 2040. Estimate $500. Sold for $550. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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Leo III the "Isaurian", with Constantine V. 717-741. AV Semissis (17mm, 2.13 g, 6h). Constantinople mint. Struck circa AD 720-725. Crowned and draped facing bust of Leo, holding globus cruciger and akakia / Crowned and draped facing bust of Constantine, holding cross potent on globus. DOC 10 (same rev. die); SB 1506. Good VF, minor scrape on forehead of Constantine. Rare.
From the Prue Morgan Fitts Collection. Ex Marc Poncin Collection (Classical Numismatic Group 72, 14 June 2006), lot 2115.