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Research Coins: Feature Auction

 
Sale: CNG 72, Lot: 2117. Estimate $150. 
Closing Date: Wednesday, 14 June 2006. 
Sold For $200. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Leo III, the “Isaurian,” with Constantine V, Copronymus. 717-741. Æ Follis (3.72 g, 6h). Syracuse mint. Struck circa AD 721-730. 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 globus cruciger and akakia, crown topped with cross, ornate horizontal bar below; in exergue large M, SC-[L]. DOC III 54; MBBS 74; SB 1530. VF, green patina with trace of brown. Overstruck on uncertain undertype.