Byzantine Empire

Leo III the Isaurian, Emperor 717-741

DOC (72) (this coin); SB 1533, Choice Very Fine

Rome. Indictional Year 15 (731/2). D NO L? P A MVL, crowned and draped bust of Leo III facing, holding globus cruciger and akakia / D NO CONTANTIN, crowned and draped bust of Constantine V facing, holding globus cruciger and akakia; in left field, I; in right field, ? above star.

Ex Dr. Lawrence A. Adams Collection (CNG 100, 7 October 2015), 312; John Work Garrett Collection, pt. II (Bank Leu/NFA, 16 October 1984), 537 (purchased privately from Wayte Raymond, 23 October 1923)