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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Valentinian, post: 3189550, member: 44316&quot;]It looks a lot like a Leo V (813-820, Sear 1630, no photo in Sear. DO 7).&nbsp; Leo V has the advantage in that it is far more common than Leo III.&nbsp;&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Right. I cannot find on any in the extensive Dumbarton Oaks photographic representation of the XXX/M/NNN over A coins of the entire period of their issue (Leo III, Michael I, Leo V, Michael II). But DO 7 (Sear 1630) does have the figure on the right a tiny bit lower than the one on the left which the others do not. </p><p><br /></p><p>Here is my Sear 1630 of Leo V:[ATTACH=full]823067[/ATTACH] </p><p>It is not a 100% match. This one has a clear &quot;SC&quot; in the legend between the crosses and the original does not. Look at the XXX to the left of the &quot;M&quot; in the original post. It is quite skew. I think the original may be an ancient imitation, possibly somewhat tooled in modern times (around the M and elsewhere).[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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