455, Lot: 426. Estimate $400. Sold for $343. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Constantine V Copronymus, with Leo III. 741-775. AV Solidus (21mm, 4.47 g, 6h). Constantinople mint. Struck 18 June 740/741-742. Crowned facing bust of Constantine, wearing chlamys, holding cross potent and akakia / Crowned facing bust of Leo, wearing chlamys, holding cross potent and akakia. DOC 1c; Füeg 1.C.1-2/1.C.7-8 (obv./rev.); SB 1550. Areas of weak strike, K graffito on obverse, die rust, hairline die breaks, and marks on reverse. Good VF.

From the J.B. Collection, purchased from Tom Vossen, 11 November 2005.