Gemini III, January 9th, 2007



                  Lot # 528 - Auction is closed.Estimate: US$750 / Price 
                  Realized: US$1000 
                  Leo III. Gold solidus 



             



            Leo III. (717-741 AD). Gold solidus (4.35 gm). Constantinople, c. 
            720 AD. dNO LEON P A MUL, facing bust, with short beard, wearing 
            crown and chlamys, and holding globus cruciger and akakia / d N 
            CON[S]TANTINUS M B, facing bust of Constantine V, beardless, wearing 
            crown and chlamys and holding globus cruciger and akakia. Berk 216. 
            Sear 1504. A few light hairlines in upper left reverse field. Mint 
            state. 




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  ... Lot 528 sold for high bid of $1000 [ $1150, or approx 888.95 EUR, 586.5 GBP including the 15% buyers fee.] 


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