LEO III, the Isaurian, with CONSTANTINE V. 720-741 AD. AV Solidus (4.40 
      gm). Struck circa 737-741 AD. Constantinople mint. d NO LEO-N PA MUL, 
      crowned facing bust of Leo, holding globus cruciger and akakia / d N 
      CONST-ANTINUS M I, crowned facing bust of Constantine, holding globus 
      cruciger and akakia. DOC III 3f; BN 2-5; SB 1504. Superb EF. ($1000) Ex 
      William J. Conte Collection (Baldwin's Coin Auction No. 2, 10 May 1994), 
      lot 82; William Herbert Hunt Collection (Sotheby's New York, 5-6 December 
      1990), lot 574. Leo III was the founder of the iconoclasts, a group which 
      believed that adoration of icons and other physical representations of 
      religious subjects was wrong. To enforce their beliefs, the iconoclasts 
      destroyed many works of art during their tenure.


Triton V Sale, 16 Jan 2002, lot 2289.
 
 Lot sold for $700, plus buyers fees.

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