This coin was consigned by a knowledgeable
Byzantine coin collector, identified as a possibly unique
Leontius half follis from
Syracuse. My perusing through the books and internet, seems to confirm
his attribution. I know, however, from many years of attributing coins that more often than not unique really means attributed wrong and it is something else not unique.
Byzantine Empire,
Leontius, 695 - 698 A.D.
Unpublished;
DOC II -;
Anastasi -,
SBCV -,
Hahn MIB III -,
et al. -
2.806g, 16.1mm, 180
die axisObv: half length
bust facing with short beard, wearing crown with
cross and
loros with pelleted lozenge pattern,
akakia in right,
globus cruciger in left
Rev: large K (40 nummi), cruciform
Leontius monogram (
Anastasi monogram 5) above,
cross left, I right, [SCL
in ex?]
Is it really a unique
Leontius half follis from
Syracuse? Or published someplace? Or an entirely different emperor? Or? Thanks!
