Sale: CNG 72, Lot: 2123. Estimate $150.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 14 June 2006.  Sold For $170. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Constantine V, Copronymus, with Leo IV, the Khazar. 741-775. Æ Half Follis (1.77 g, 6h). Syracuse mint. Struck AD 751-775. Crowned and draped facing busts of Constantine, bearded, and Leo IV, beardless, crowns topped with crosses; cross (?) above, ornate horizontal bar below; in exergue; [CIK´L (?)] / Crowned facing bust of Leo III, wearing short beard and loros, holding cross potent on base, crown topped with [cross (?)], cross in right field, ornate horizontal bar below; in exergue large L. DOC III 20 var. (crowns not topped with crosses); BBS 78 =Spahr 336; SB 1569A. Good VF, green patina, reverse double struck, slightly ragged flan. Extremely rare.