Triton XVIII, Lot: 1326. Estimate $750. Sold for $1100. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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Leo III the "Isaurian". 717-741. AV Solidus (20mm, 4.50 g, 6h). Constantinople mint, 1st officina. Struck 717-720. ∂ N D LЄO–N P A MЧL, crowned bust right, wearing chlamys, holding globus cruciger in right hand, akakia in left / VICTORIA AVςЧ, cross potent set on three steps; A//CONOB. DOC 1a; MIB 1; Füeg 1.B.1; Berk 214 (this coin); SB 1502. EF, scratches on reverse.
From the Collection of the MoneyMuseum, Zurich. Ex “An Important Private Collection of Byzantine Coins” (Sotheby’s New York, 2 November 1998), lot 388.