Details
LOT 3253
Leontius AE 20 Nummi of Half Follis. AD 695-698.
Constantinople mint. Dated RY 1 (AD 695/6). Uncertain officina. Crowned facing bust, holding globus cruciger with right hand; cross to right / Large K; cross above, [ANNO] A (date) across field, uncertain letter below. Cf. DOC 8a; MIB 33; SB 1335. Near Very Fine. Overstruck on uncertain undertype.(3.26gr, 23mm, 8h.).
Provenance
From a private, UK, collection in the 1980s.
Property of a London, UK, antiquarian.
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