CNG 111, Lot: 867. Estimate $500. Sold for $1200. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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Constantine V Copronymus, with Leo IV and Leo III. 741-775. AV Solidus (22mm, 4.48 g, 6h). Constantinople mint. Struck circa 756-764. Crowned and draped facing busts of Constantine V and Leo IV; cross above, • between / Crowned facing bust of Leo III, wearing loros, holding cross potent in right hand. DOC 2d.2 var. (obv. legend ends NE); Füeg 5.A.5 var. (same); SB 1551 var. (same). Good VF, minor deposits, die breaks on the reverse. A rare unpublished variant with the obverse legend ending NE instead of NEO or the normal NEOS.