Byzantine (720-725) solidus Sear-1504

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Heritage sale 3035, lot 29514
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This specimen was lot 29514 in Heritage sale 3035 (Long Beach, September 2014), where it sold for $1,292.50. The catalog description[1] noted, "Leo III the Isaurian (AD 717-741), with Constantine V (AD 720-775). AV solidus (20 mm, 4.49 g, 6h axis). Constantinople, AD 720-725. ? N D LЄO-N PA MЧL ', crowned facing bust of Leo, wearing chlamys pinned at right shoulder, holding globus cruciger in right hand and akakia in left / ? N CONST-ANTINЧS M, crowned facing bust of Constantine, beardless, wearing chlamys pinned at right shoulder, holding globus cruciger in right hand and akakia in left. Sear 1504. DOC 4f. NGC (photo-certificate) MS 5/5 - 5/5. From The Andre Constantine Dimitriadis Collection. Ex Stack's (New York, April 1992), lot 56."

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  • [1]Michaels, David, Cristiano Bierrenbach and Sam Spiegel, Heritage Signature Auction 3035: Ancient Coins, Featuring the Lexington Collection of Jonathan K. Kern and the Andre Constantine Dimitriadis Collection, Dallas: Heritage Auction Galleries, 2014.

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