Sale: Triton VIII, Lot: 1403. Estimate $500. Closing Date: Monday, 10 January 2005. Sold For $650. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
|
LEO III, the "Isaurian", with Constantine V. 717-741 AD. AV Solidus (4.45 gm, 6h). Constantinople mint. Struck 720-725 AD. dND LEO N PA MUL•, facing bust of Leo, with short beard, wearing crown and chlamys, holding globus cruciger and akakia / dN CONST ANTINUS M, similiar bust of Constantine, but beardless;
D at end of legend. DOC III 3 var. (officina); SB 1504. Near EF. ($500)
From the Malcolm W. Heckman Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Auctions XIX -"Byzantine Sale" (19 February 1992), lot 420.