bby_1029251 - CONSTANTINE V and LEO IV Solidus
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Type : Solidus
Date: 751-757
Mint name / Town : Syracusa
Metal : gold
Millesimal fineness : 1,000 ‰
Diameter : 17,5 mm
Orientation dies : 5 h.
Weight : 3,81 g.
Rarity : R3
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie sur un flan court, idéalement centré. Très beaux bustes, bien venus à la frappe. Patine de collection
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : CONTAN - LEON.
Obverse description : Bustes accolés de Constantin V à gauche, barbu et couronné, vêtu de la chlamyde et de Léon IV, imberbe et couronné, vêtu de la chlamyde ; au milieu, une petite croisette.
Obverse translation : (Constantin et Léon).
Reverse
Reverse legend : G-NO L-EON PAM’.
Reverse description : Buste de Léon III barbu et couronné, vêtu du loros, tenant la croix potencée de la main droite.
Reverse translation : (Léon grand père).
Commentary
Monnaie qui ne semble pas référencé avec le buste de Léon au revers entouré de la croix et du labarum. Un autre exemplaire a été vendu par Gorny & Mosch en 2015 (Auction 228, lot n° 766).
Coin that does not appear to be referenced with the bust of Leo on the reverse surrounded by the cross and the labarum. Another example was sold by Gorny & Mosch in 2015 (Auction 228, lot no. 766)
Coin that does not appear to be referenced with the bust of Leo on the reverse surrounded by the cross and the labarum. Another example was sold by Gorny & Mosch in 2015 (Auction 228, lot no. 766)
Historical background
CONSTANTINE V and LEO IV
(06/6/751-09/14/775)
During the reign of Constantine V, Ravenna fell into the hands of the Lombards. At the same time, the Byzantines lost much of their authority over the papacy and Italy in general. That same year, Pepin the Short became king of the Franks and inaugurated a new dynasty, the Carolingians. In the East, Constantine won considerable victories over Islam and celebrated a triumph at Constantinople in 763. Iconoclast like his father Leo III, he fought the pope, the iconodules and the Greek monastic movements who opposed his religious policy..
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