BYZANTINE, GOLD SOLIDUS OF CONSTANTINE V, Syracuse, ca. 751-775,

BYZANTINE, GOLD SOLIDUS OF CONSTANTINE V, Syracuse, ca. 751-775, 3.802g, 6h. DOC 15. Lightly toned with underlying luster. Sharply struck. A slightly wavy flan, otherwise, choice extremely fine



During this reign, the last vestiges of Byzantine authority in Italy gradually have disappeared, thus heightening the importance of Syracuse as the supplier of currency to what was left of the Byzantine possessions in the West.