Sale: CNG 81, Lot: 1195. Estimate $300.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 20 May 2009.  Sold For $1100. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Leo IV the Khazar, with Constantine VI. 775-780. Æ Follis (2.66 g, 6h). Syracuse mint. Crowned figures of Constantine V, bearded, and Leo IV, beardless, enthroned facing, each wearing chlamys and holding akakia; cross above, K [LE] across field / Crowned and bearded half-length facing busts of Constantine V and Leo III, each wearing loros; cross above, K [LE] across field, [CIK in exergue]. DOC -; Anastasi 445; SB -. VF, dusty green patina, typical short flan. Extremely rare.

From the D. Alighieri Collection.