Sale: CNG 60, Lot: 2010. Estimate $750.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 22 May 2002.  Sold For $680. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

LEO III, the Isaurian, with CONSTANTINE V. 720-741 AD. AV Solidus (4.41 gm). Struck circa 737-741 AD. Constantinople mint. Crowned facing bust of Leo, holding globus cruciger and akakia / Crowned facing bust of Constantine, holding globus cruciger and akakia. DOC III 7g; SB 1504. EF. ($750)

Leo III promoted the iconoclasts, a group which believed that adoration of icons and other physical representations of religious subjects was wrong. To enforce their beliefs, the iconoclasts destroyed many works of art during their tenure.