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Byzantine Coins of the Isaurian Dynasty
Byzantine Empire, Leo V the Armenian and Constantine, 25 December 813 - 25 December 820 A.D.

|Leo| |V|, |Byzantine| |Empire,| |Leo| |V| |the| |Armenian| |and| |Constantine,| |25| |December| |813| |-| |25| |December| |820| |A.D.||follis|NEW
In 815, Leo concluded a 30-year peace treaty with Khan Omurtag of Bulgaria. The treaty was honored by both sides and renewed after the accession of Michael II in 820. In 821, Thomas the Slav rebelled and laid siege to Constantinople to seize the Imperial throne. Omurtag sent an army to help Michael II put down the rebellion. Byzantine accounts report that Thomas' army was routed at the Battle of Kedouktos (winter 822 or spring 823), however, modern scholars consider the battle a victory, albeit costly, for the rebel.
BZ114457. Bronze follis, Anastasi 488, DOC III-1 17, Wroth BMC 27, Morrisson BnF 30/Sy/AE/08, Tolstoi 24, Ratto 1806, Sommer 29.8, Spahr 373, SBCV 1636, gVF, tight flan, partially squared by sprue cuts, weight 2.810 g, maximum diameter 19.6 mm, die axis 180o, Syracuse mint, 814 - 815 A.D.; obverse Λ-E/O (Leo), facing bust of Leo with short beard, wearing crown and loros, cross potent in right hand, star right; reverse K-ONCT (Konstantine), facing bust of Constantine, beardless, wearing crown and chlamys, globus cruciger in right hand, C-I (Sicily) across field; $90.00 (€84.60)


Byzantine Empire, Leo V the Armenian and Constantine, 25 December 813 - 25 December 820 A.D.

|Leo| |V|, |Byzantine| |Empire,| |Leo| |V| |the| |Armenian| |and| |Constantine,| |25| |December| |813| |-| |25| |December| |820| |A.D.||follis|NEW
In 815, Leo concluded a 30-year peace treaty with Khan Omurtag of Bulgaria. The treaty was honored by both sides and renewed after the accession of Michael II in 820. In 821, Thomas the Slav rebelled and laid siege to Constantinople to seize the Imperial throne. Omurtag sent an army to help Michael II put down the rebellion. Byzantine accounts report that Thomas' army was routed at the Battle of Kedouktos (winter 822 or spring 823), however, modern scholars consider the battle a victory, albeit costly, for the rebel.
BZ114463. Bronze follis, Anastasi 488, DOC III-1 17, Wroth BMC 27, Morrisson BnF 30/Sy/AE/08, Tolstoi 24, Ratto 1806, Sommer 29.8, Spahr 373, SBCV 1636, VF, green patina, marks, ragged irregular flan squared by sprue cuts, weight 2.853 g, maximum diameter 18.4 mm, die axis 180o, Syracuse mint, 814 - 815 A.D.; obverse Λ-E/O (Leo), facing bust of Leo with short beard, wearing crown and loros, cross potent in right hand, star right; reverse K-ONCT (Konstantine), facing bust of Constantine, beardless, wearing crown and chlamys, globus cruciger in right hand, C-I (Sicily) across field; $80.00 (€75.20)


Byzantine Empire, Constantine V and Leo IV, 6 June 751 - 14 September 775 A.D.

|Constantine| |V|, |Byzantine| |Empire,| |Constantine| |V| |and| |Leo| |IV,| |6| |June| |751| |-| |14| |September| |775| |A.D.||follis|NEW
In 773, the mathematical concept of the number zero was introduced in Baghdad.
BZ114465. Bronze follis, Anastasi 434, DOC III-1 19l, Wroth BMC 35, Tolstoi 53, Ratto 1757, SBCV 1569, Sommer 23.11, VF, green patina, scratches, oval flan, sprue cuts, weight 3.640 g, maximum diameter 20.5 mm, die axis 180o, Sicily, Syracuse mint, 757 - 14 Sep 775 A.D.; obverse K - ΛE/O/N, Constantine V and Leo IV, each stand facing wearing crown and chlamys and holding akakia, cross between heads; reverse Λ/E/O/N - Δ/E/C/Π, Leo III standing facing, bearded, wearing crown and chlamys, cross potent in right hand; $80.00 (€75.20)


Byzantine Empire, Michael II and Theophilus, 12 May 821 - 2 October 829 A.D.

|Michael| |II|, |Byzantine| |Empire,| |Michael| |II| |and| |Theophilus,| |12| |May| |821| |-| |2| |October| |829| |A.D.||half| |follis|NEW
Anastasi identifies larger examples of this type as folles (Anastasi 513) and smaller examples (Anastasi 514) as half folles. He states the "M" does not indicate the value, but rather is the initial of Michael II. Other references identify this smaller type as a follis.
MA114460. Bronze half follis, Anastasi 514; DOC III-1 21.21; Wroth BMC 26; Morrisson BnF 31/Sy/AE/10; Calciati MBBS 89A; SBCV 1652; Spahr -, F, ragged flan, brown town, weight 3.003 g, maximum diameter 22.4 mm, die axis 180o, Syracuse mint, 12 May 821 - 2 Oct 829; obverse MIXA-HL - S ΘEOF (F upside down), facing crowned busts of Michael, on left with short beard and chlamys, and Theophilus, beardless with loros, pellet between their heads; reverse large M (Michael), cross above, Θ (Theophilus) below; scarce; $40.00 (€37.60)











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