Coin of Constantine V
CoinsByzantine8th century

Coin of Constantine V

751-775 CE

Artists

Constantine VCoin Constituent

Description

Obv.: Busts of Constantine, bearded, on l., and Leo IV, mature, on r., facing, each wearing chlamys and crown with cross on circlet. Between heads, cross. Rev.: Bust of Leo III, bearded, facing, wearing loros and crown with cross on circlet, holding in r. hand, outwards, cross potent on base.

Classification
Coins
Technique
Struck
Medium
Gold
Culture
Byzantine
Period
Byzantine period, Early
Century
8th century
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Department
Department of Ancient and Byzantine Art & Numismatics

Dimensions

3.96 g

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