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CICF Signature Sale 3040 9-10 April 2015
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Constantine V Copronymus (AD 741-775), with Leo III. AV solidus (21mm, 4.45 gm, 6h). Constantinople, AD 742-751. N CO-NS-TANTINЧHC, crowned facing bust of Constantine, with short beard, wearing chlamys pinned at right shoulder, holding cross potent in right hand and akakia in left / Nб LЄO-N P A MЧL, crowned facing bust of Leo III, wearing chlamys pinned at right shoulder, holding cross potent in right hand and akakia in left. Sear 1550. DOC 1 variant (legend). Obverse strike a tad muddled in legends, otherwise an attractive piece with two sharp portraits of the great iconoclast emperors. NGC MS 4/5 - 5/5.
Estimate: 1800-2000 USD
Constantine V Copronymus (AD 741-775), with Leo III. AV solidus (21mm, 4.45 gm, 6h). Constantinople, AD 742-751. N CO-NS-TANTINЧHC, crowned facing bust of Constantine, with short beard, wearing chlamys pinned at right shoulder, holding cross potent in right hand and akakia in left / Nб LЄO-N P A MЧL, crowned facing bust of Leo III, wearing chlamys pinned at right shoulder, holding cross potent in right hand and akakia in left. Sear 1550. DOC 1 variant (legend). Obverse strike a tad muddled in legends, otherwise an attractive piece with two sharp portraits of the great iconoclast emperors. NGC MS 4/5 - 5/5.
Estimate: 1800-2000 USD