Byzantine coin of Leo III, 717-741. Obverse: bust of Leo III, facing front; he wears a chlamys and a crown with cross; to left, he holds a globus cruciger; inscriptions are illegible. Reverse: large ‘K’; to right, ‘XX’ in a vertical position; above, bust of Constantine V, resting on a horizontal ...
Byzantine coin of Leo III, 717-741. Obverse: bust of Leo III, facing front; he wears a chlamys; to left, he holds a globus cruciger; to right, he holds an akakia, a silk roll containing dust that symbolizes mortality. Reverse: large ‘M’; to right, ‘XX’ in a vertical position; above, bust of Const...
Byzantine coin of Leo III, 717-741. Obverse: bust of Leo III, facing front; he wears a chlamys; to left, he holds a globus cruciger. Reverse: large ‘K’; to left, ‘AA’ in a vertical position; to right, ‘XX’ in a vertical position; above, bust of Constantine V, resting on a horizontal line; to left...
Byzantine coin of Philippicus, 711-713. Obverse: bust of Philippicus, facing front; he wears a crown with cross; to left, he holds a globus cruciger. Reverse: large ‘I’; to left, cross; to right, ‘I’.
Byzantine coin of Philippicus, 711-713. Obverse: bust of Philippicus, facing front. Reverse: large ‘I’.
Byzantine coin. Obverse: bust of an emperor, facing front; to left, he holds a globus cruciger. Reverse: large ‘K’; to left, ‘ANA’ in a vertical position. Collector’s envelope suggests that this coin belongs to Philippicus, 711-713, but coins from his reign most often have ‘ANNO’ on the reverse, ...
Byzantine coin of Philippicus, 711-713. Obverse: bust of Philippicus, facing front; he wears a loros, an embroidered and jewelled scarf. Reverse: large ‘K’; to right, ‘II’; beneath, ‘B’.
Byzantine coin of Philippicus, 711-713. Obverse: bust of Philippicus, facing front; he wears a loros, an embroidered and jewelled scarf; to left, he holds a globus cruciger; to right, he holds a long sceptre, with an eagle at its top; above, there is an upside-down ‘CON’, which belongs to a previ...
Byzantine coin of Philippicus, 711-713. Obverse: bust of Philippicus, facing front; he wears a loros, an embroidered and jewelled scarf; to right, he holds a long sceptre, with an eagle at its top; above, there is an upside-down ‘CON’, which belongs to a previous coin. Reverse: large ‘M’; to left...
Byzantine coin of Philippicus, 711-713. Obverse: bust of Philippicus, facing front; he wears a loros, an embroidered and jewelled scarf; to left, there is a sideways head, which belongs to a previous coin; inscriptions are illegible. Reverse: large ‘I’. Coin has been badly overstruck, causing con...