Ancients
Constantine V Copronymus (AD 740/1-775), with Leo III. AV solidus (21mm, 4.44 gm, 5h). NGC MS 4/5 - 4/5, die shift. Constantinople, 10th officina, AD 742-751. Б N C-ON-STANTINЧS, crowned facing bust of Constantine V, with short beard, wearing chlamys pinned at right shoulder, cross potent in right hand, akakia in left / Б-LЄ-ON P A MЧL I (officina), crowned facing bust of Leo III, wearing chlamys pinned at right shoulder, cross potent in right hand, akakia in left. Sear 1550. DOC 3, Part 1, 1c. Perfectly centered on full weight flan.
Ex Collection of a Philhellene; Classical Numismatic Group, Triton IV (5-6 December 2000), lot 791; Classical Numismatic Group, Auction XXVIII (8 December 1993), lot 474.
HID02901242017
Estimate: 1000-1500 USD