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Lot 4438    Session 16 (9.30am Friday)    Byzantine Gold Coins

Estimate $500
Bid at live.noble.com.au
SOLD $420

CONSTANTINE V, (741-775) with Leo IV (from 751), gold solidus, Constantinople mint, issued 751-757, (4.42 g), obv. facing busts of Constantine V and son Leo IV, each crowned bust facing wearing chlamys, cross above, around CONSTANTINOIS S LEON O NEOS, rev. Facing bust of Leo III with short beard holding cross potent, around G LE ON P.A. MUL, (S.1551, DOC 2, BN 6-10, BMC 7-10). Very fine and scarce.

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