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   View Categories Home > Catalog > |Byzantine Coins| > |Isaurian Dynasty| > |Constantine V| > BZ11679
Byzantine Empire, Leo III the Isaurian and Constantine V, 31 March 720 - 18 June 741 A.D.
|Constantine| |V|, |Byzantine| |Empire,| |Leo| |III| |the| |Isaurian| |and| |Constantine| |V,| |31| |March| |720| |-| |18| |June| |741| |A.D.|, It is difficult to distinguish this type from the analogous one of Constantine V. In the auction lists, the attribution of this particular coin to one or the other emperor is often arbitrary. The most visible difference between the two follis lies in the portrait with beard and mustache, which is present on only one face: if it corresponds to the one with the legend KWNS / ΔEC, then it is a follis of Constantine V; if instead it corresponds to the one with the legend ΛEON / ΔECΠ, it corresponds to Leo III. Obviously this recognition is possible only if the conservation of the coin is good enough to allow to distinguish whether or not there is a beard and mustache, which does not happen often.
BZ11679. Bronze follis, Anastasi 405, Trivero 095, Spahr 319, Calciati MBBS 75, SBCV 1531, gVF, Sicily, Syracuse mint, weight 2.377g, maximum diameter 16.4mm, die axis 180o, 734 - 735 A.D.; obverse Λ/E/O/N - Δ/E/C/Π, Leo III, bearded, standing facing, wears crown and chlamys, akakia in right hand; reverse K/W/N/S - Δ/E/C/Π, Constantine V, beardless, standing facing, wears crown and chlamys, akakia in right hand; very scarce; SOLD










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