One of Eight Known

CNG 93, Lot: 1386. Estimate $20000. Sold for $42500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Leo V the Armenian. 813-820. AV Solidus (21mm, 4.44 g, 6h). Constantinople mint. Struck 813. • LЄ On bASILЄЧ, crowned facing bust, wearing short beard and chlamys, holding cross potent and akakia / • LЄ On dЄ SPOτIS (star) X, crowned facing bust, wearing short beard and loros, holding globus cruciger. DOC 1; Füeg 1.A; SB 1626; BN p. 506; Ratto 1794; Triton XII, lot 836; Gemini I, lot 505. Superb EF, lustrous. Extremely rare, one of approximately eight known specimens, two of which are in public collections. Possibly the finest.