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Auction 37 16 May 2017
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LEO III the "ISAURIAN", 717-741, WITH CONSTANTINUS V
Mint of Syracuse
Tremissis 735-741.
Obv. d NO LЄ (ON P A) Crowned bust facing, wearing chlamys and holding globus cruciger in r. hand.
Rev. d N C O (NSTA) NTtNЧ Young bust of Constantinus V facing, crowned, wearing chlamys and holding cross potent on base in r. hand.
Sear 1528A var. DOC 51 var.
1.34 g. Ragged edge. Extremely fine.
Ex Auction Gorny & Mosch 232. Munich 2015. Lot 600.
Whether the mint is Syracuse, an unidentified western or Italian mint seems too be pure conjecture until a serious and thorough study of the coins of Leo III and Constantine has been made.
Mint of Syracuse
Tremissis 735-741.
Obv. d NO LЄ (ON P A) Crowned bust facing, wearing chlamys and holding globus cruciger in r. hand.
Rev. d N C O (NSTA) NTtNЧ Young bust of Constantinus V facing, crowned, wearing chlamys and holding cross potent on base in r. hand.
Sear 1528A var. DOC 51 var.
1.34 g. Ragged edge. Extremely fine.
Ex Auction Gorny & Mosch 232. Munich 2015. Lot 600.
Whether the mint is Syracuse, an unidentified western or Italian mint seems too be pure conjecture until a serious and thorough study of the coins of Leo III and Constantine has been made.