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   View Categories Home > Catalog > |Byzantine Coins| > |Isaurian Dynasty| > |Leo III| > SH08815
Byzantine Empire, Leo III the Isaurian and Constantine V, 31 March 720 - 18 June 741 A.D.
|Leo| |III|, |Byzantine| |Empire,| |Leo| |III| |the| |Isaurian| |and| |Constantine| |V,| |31| |March| |720| |-| |18| |June| |741| |A.D.|, On 31 March 720, Leo III made his son Constantine, still a child, his co-emperor, thus founding the Isaurian dynasty. The coinage of Leo III which depicts him alone, is scarce, as it corresponds to the initial period of the reign, when the emperor was busy strengthening the imperial institutions and defending the borders. After 720, Leo III always appears on the coinage together with his son Constantine. The coinage then became relatively abundant, at least in relation to the previous period, both due to the renewed greatness of the empire and because under his reign there was an increase in commerce. Upon the death of Leo III, on 18 June 741, Constantine was crowned emperor with the name of Constantine V.
SH08815. Gold solidus, DOC III-1 5; BMC Wroth 8; Tolstoi 54; Ratto 1734; SBCV 1504; Sommer 21.3, gVF, very nice centering, finder scrape on reverse, Constantinople (Istanbul, Turkey) mint, weight 4.46g, maximum diameter 20.9mm, die axis 180o, 725 - 732 A.D.; obverse D No LEON P A MuL S, facing crowned bust of Leon, wearing chlamys, globus cruciger in right hand, akakia in left hand; reverse D N CONSTANTINu Θ, facing crowned bust of Constantine V, wearing chlamys, globus cruciger in right hand, akakia in left hand; SOLD










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