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Solidus of Constantine V and Leo IV
Byzantine
Byzantine Period
A.D. 751–775
Object Place: Provincial, Byzantine, Middle East; Mint: Syracuse
Medium/Technique
Gold
Dimensions
Diameter: 21 mm; Weight: 3.94 gm; Die Axis: 6
Credit Line
Denman Waldo Ross Collection
Accession Number28.31
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CollectionsEurope
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
DescriptionObverse: Garbled fragments of names of Constantine and Leo. Busts of Constantine, bearded, on l., and Leo IV, beardless, on r., facing, each wearing chlamys and crown with cross on circlet. Between heads, cross. Reverse: Bust of Leo III, bearded, facing, wearing loros and crown with cross on circlet, holding in r. hand, outwards, cross potent on base.