CNG 85, Lot: 79. Estimate $1000. Sold for $2600. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Leo V the Armenian, with Constantine. 813-820. AV Semissis (15mm, 1.67 g, 6h). Syracuse mint. Struck 815-817. LЄO n ЬASILЄЧ, crowned and draped half-length bust of Leo facing, holding globus cruciger and akakia / CO nSτAnτIn, crowned and draped half-length bust of Constantine facing, holding globus cruciger and akakia; cross to right. DOC 12; Anastasi 490a (this coin cited and illustrated); SB 1632A. EF.

From the R.A. Collection. Ex Jürgen K. Schmidt Collection (Triton V, 16 January 2002), lot 2293; Elsen 55 (19 December 1998), lot 1103; Goodacre Collection (Christie’s, 22 April 1986), lot 211.