Sale: CNG 72, Lot: 2115. Estimate $500.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 14 June 2006.  Sold For $435. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Leo III, the “Isaurian,” with Constantine V, Copronymus. 717-741. AV Semissis (2.13 g, 6h). Constantinople mint. Struck circa AD 720-725. Crowned and draped facing bust of Leo, wearing short beard, holding globus cruciger and akakia, crown topped with cross / Crowned and draped facing bust of Constantine, beardless, holding cross potent on globus, crown topped with cross. DOC III 10; SB 1506. Good VF, minor scrape on forehead of Constantine, struck with worn dies.

From the Marc Poncin Collection.