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ID:     73001054
     [UNVERIFIED]
Type:     Byzantine
Region:     BYZANTINE EMPIRE
Issuer:     Leontius
Date Ruled:     Leontius
Metal:     Bronze
Denomination:     Follis
Struck / Cast:     struck
Date Struck:     AD Dated RY 1(?) (695/6)
Weight:     4.85 g
Die Axis:     6 h
Obverse Legend:     D LEON PE AV
Obverse Description:     Crowned facing bust, holding globus cruciger; cross to right
Reverse Legend:     M / B / CON
Reverse Description:     Large M; cross above, date across field; B
Mint:     Constantinople
Primary Reference:     DOC II 5 var. (officina)
Reference2:     SB 1334
Reference3:     MIB III 32
Photograph Credit:     Classical Numismatic Group
Source:     http://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=91538
Grade:     VF, olive green-brown patina
Notes:     Sale: CNG 73, Lot: 1054 2nd Officina Overstruck on uncertain type. From the Henry Chitwood Collection. Ex Berk-England Byzantine Sale (7 December 1989), lot 247.