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Coin of Leo IV

Coin of Leo IV

r. 775 - 780

Leo IV

Byzantine

Obv.: To l., Leo IV bearded, to r., Constantine VI beardless, seated facing on lyre-backed throne. Each wears chlamys and crown with cross, and rests r. hand in lap. Pellet to l. and r. of throne. Above, cross. Rev.: On horizontal line, to l., bust of Leo III, to r., bust of Constantine V, each facing, bearded, and wearing loros and crown with cross. Above, cross. Two pellets in fields to l. and r.

Bronze

Byzantine period, Early

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