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                                Sale: Triton VIII, Lot: 1407. Closing Date: Jan 
                                10, 2005. CONSTANTINE V, with Leo IV. 751-775 
                                AD. AV Semissis (2.00 gm, 6h). Constantinople 
                                mint. Struck 751-757 AD. Estimate $3000 Sold For 
                                $7250 

                              CONSTANTINE V, with Leo IV. 751-775 AD. AV 
                              Semissis (2.00 gm, 6h). Constantinople mint. 
                              Struck 751-757 AD. COnSTAnTInOS S LEOn O n•, 
                              facing busts of Constantine, bearded, and Leo, 
                              beardless, both wearing crown with cross and 
                              chlamys / C LE On PA MUL, facing bust of Leo III, 
                              wearing crown with cross in circlet and loros, 
                              holding cross potent on globus. DOC III 4 = H. 
                              Longuet, "Die unedierteb byzantinischen Münzen des 
                              Wiener Kabinettes," NZ 77 (1957), pg. 45, 280 
                              (same obverse die); SB 1553. Good VF, slightly 
                              clipped flan, usual matte surfaces. One of only 
                              two known specimens, and the only one in private 
                              hands (the other in Vienna). ($3000)

                              From the Malcolm W. Heckman Collection.








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