Constantine V Copronymus, with Leo IV and Leo III, Æ follis. Syracuse, AD 751-775. Obv.: Half-length facing figures of Constantine V and Leo IV, each wearing crown and chlamys and holding akakia; cross between, K to left, [ΛЄON] to right. Rev.: Half-length facing figure of Leo III, wearing crown and chlamys and holding cross potent; [ΛЄON] to left, ΔЄC[Π] to right. Constantine V was an able Byzantine emperor who restored finances, defeated the Arabs and the Bulgars. But he supported iconoclasm and, doing so, aroused the anger of the priests and the monks. Their vengeance was writing history, in which they called Constantine V "Κοπρώνυμος" (Copronymus = the Shit-Named), or "Οὐραλύφιος" (Uralyphius = Anointed with Urine), or "Καβαλλινος" (Caballinus = Horseshit). Constantine V is today currently called Copronymus... What a sad fate.
