Exceptional Gregory III

Triton XIX, Lot: 762. Estimate $5000. Sold for $5000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ITALY, Papale (Stato pontificio). Gregory III, with Emperor Leo III. 731-741. AR Eighth Siliqua(?) (9mm, 0.32 g, 6h). Rome mint. Crowned and draped facing bust of Leo, holding globus cruciger; stars flanking head / Cruciform monogram for GREGOR[ius]. DOC 92; MEC 1, 1030; BMC Vandals p. 159, 2-3 (Duke Gregory of Beneventum); O'Hara-Vecchi 29; Berman 2; Sear 1534C. EF, deeply toned. Very rare and far superior to the three examples in CoinArchives.