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This specimen was lot 3450 in Sincona sale 3 (Zurich, October 2011), where it sold for 2,900 CHF (about US$3,858 including buyer's fees). The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, "CONSTANTINUS V COPRONYMUS, 741-775 Mint of Rome With Leo IV Debased metal solidus 751/775. Obv. D(retrograd) NO CON – TANTN Crowned bust with short beard facing, wearing chlamys and holding globe cruciger in r. hand and akakia in l. hand. Rev. D(retrograd) NO LЄ – P A MЧL Bust of Leo IV facing, wearing crown and chlamys, in r. hand globe cruciger, akakia in l. hand. R in l. field, I in r. field. DOC 36. S. 1570. 2,43 g. Very rare. Extremely fine. Ex Auction Astarte IX Lugano. May 15, 2002. Lot 460."

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* <sup>[1]</sup>''Important Collection of Byzantine Coins: Auction 3,'' Zurich: SINCONA AG, 2011. 

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