Constantine V, Solidus, MS 4/5, 4/5 owl standing right

owl standing right

Pleasantly toned with some light hairlines in the fields

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Silver Medal by D Drappentier

first crowned quartered large shield of arms

Constantine V, Solidus, MS 4/5, 4/5 owl standing rightConstantine V Copronymus, and Leo IV (A. D. 741 775), Gold Solidus. Mint of Constantinople. COnSTAnTInOS S LEOn O nEOS, facing busts of Constantine V and Leo IV, each wearing a crown and a chlamys, a cross above, rev. G LE ON P A MUL , facing bust of Leo III, wearing a crown and a loros, and holding a cross potent, 4. 48g., 6h (S 1551; DO 2a. 1). Graded by NGC Mint State, strike 4 5, surface 4 5.