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Obolos Webauction 20  –  3 October 2021

Nomos, Obolos Webauction 20

The Vineyard Collection Part IV, and Greek, Roman, Byzantine, Islamic and Mod...

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Constantine VI, with Leo III, Constantine V, and Leo IV, 780-797. Solidus (Gold, 20.5 mm, 4.42 g, 5 h), Constantinople, 780-787. LЄOҺ-VS S ЄΓΓOҺ COҺSτAҺτI O ҺЄOS B (last S vertical) Crowned figures of Leo IV, bearded and on the left, and Constantine VI, beardless and on the right, wearing chlamys and seated facing on a lyre-backed throne; between their heads, cross. Rev. LЄOҺ PAP COҺSτAҺτIҺOS PAτHR Crowned equal sized bearded busts of Leo III, on the left, and Constantine V, on the right, facing and wearing loros; between their heads, cross and pellet. DOC 2 (as Leo IV). Füeg 1.C.2. SB 1584 (as Leo IV). A nicely centered, lustrous and of an unusual fine style for the series, solidus. Good very fine.

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