Stack's Bowers & Ponterio
August 2020 Auction 5-6 Aug 2020
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LEO III & CONSTANTINE V, 717-741. AV Solidus (3.93 gms), Constantinople Mint, 731-733. NGC MS, Strike: 5/5 Surface: 4/5.
S-1504. Obverse: ∂ N D LЄON PA MЧL, crowned and draped bust of Leo facing, holding globus cruciger and akakia; Reverse: ∂ N CONSTANTINЧ M, crowned and draped bust of Constantine facing, holding globus cruciger and akakia. A pleasingly struck and toned example not often encountered in higher grades. For completeness, however, the lower weight indicates that some edge clipping is likely to have occurred.
From the Glacier Rams Solidi Collection.
Estimate: $1500.00- $2000.00
S-1504. Obverse: ∂ N D LЄON PA MЧL, crowned and draped bust of Leo facing, holding globus cruciger and akakia; Reverse: ∂ N CONSTANTINЧ M, crowned and draped bust of Constantine facing, holding globus cruciger and akakia. A pleasingly struck and toned example not often encountered in higher grades. For completeness, however, the lower weight indicates that some edge clipping is likely to have occurred.
From the Glacier Rams Solidi Collection.
Estimate: $1500.00- $2000.00