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Constantine V Copronymus. 741-775. Æ Follis (14mm, 2.45 g, 6h). Ravenna mint. Crowned facing bust, with short beard, wearing chlamys, holding globus cruciger / Large M; cross above, A/N/N/O to left, X/X/X to right, RAV below. DOC –; Ranieri 840 corr. = BCI 778 corr. = SB 1580 corr. (N/N/N to left on rev.; this coin illustrated). Brown patina, some roughness. VF. One of only two examples known to Ranieri, none in CoinArchives.
Ex Harlan J. Berk and Victor England (7 December 1989), lot 303; M.D. O’Hara Collection.
This extremely rare follis of Constantine V, one of only two recorded, is the last official issue struck at Ravenna, the Byzantine capital in Italy. Dated RY 30 (AD 750), it was issued only one year before the city was captured by the Lombards under their king, Aistulf, and the last exarch was executed, ending almost two centuries of Byzantine presence there.
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