Ancient Coins and Numismatic Books

Byzantine Coins, Leo IV (775-780), Solidus, Constantinople, c. 776-8, facing busts of Leo IV, with short beard and Constantine VI, beardless, each wearing crown and chlamys, pellet between their heads, cross in field above, rev. busts of Leo III and Constantine V, both with short beards, each wearing crown and loros, pellet in field between their heads, cross above, 4.40g/6h (DO 1; Sear 1583). Good very fine £1,500-2,000