E-auction 72-35149 - bby_310573 - LEO V THE ARMENIAN and CONSTANTINE Follis

LEO V THE ARMENIAN and CONSTANTINE Follis VF

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Estimate :	75 €
Price :	16 €
Maximum bid :	21 €
End of the sale :	01 September 2014 16:15:30
bidders :	5 bidders

Type : Follis

Date: 814-815

Mint name / Town : Syracusa

Metal : copper

Diameter : 18 mm

Orientation dies : 6 h.

Weight : 2,29 g.

Rarity : R1

Coments on the condition:

Exemplaire sur un flan petit flan irrégulier et court à l’usure importante, mais lisible et identifiable. Patine marron superficielle

Catalogue references :

BMC/B.- - R.- - Do.17 - BN/B.8 - BC.1636 - DMBR.29 /8 (180€) - MBS.488

Obverse

Obverse description : Buste de Léon V de face, vêtu du loros, tenant une croix potencée ; une étoile dans le champ à droite.

Obverse legend : [L-E/O/N]

Obverse translation : (Léon).

Reverse

Reverse legend : C - I.

Reverse description : Buste de Constantin de face, vêtu de la chlamyde, tenant un globe crucigère.

Reverse legend : [K-ON]

Reverse translation : (Sicile/ Constantin).

Commentary

Poids très léger. Le droit est bien le portrait de Léon V avec le loros qui est une cuirasse ornementée.
Very light weight. The right one is the portrait of Leo V with the loros which is an ornamented breastplate