CNG 102, Lot: 1170. Estimate $1000. Sold for $1300. 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. Crowned and draped bust facing, holding globus cruciger and akakia / Cross potent set on three steps; A//CONOB. DOC 1a; MIB 1; Füeg 1.B.1; Berk 214 (this coin); SB 1502. Near EF, scratches in reverse field.
From the estate of Thomas Bentley Cederlind. Ex Cederlind 178 (14 April 2015), no. 173; MoneyMuseum, Zurich Collection (Triton XVIII, 5 January 2015), lot 1326; Sotheby’s New York (2 November 1998), lot 388.