TYPE Byzantine Empire, Constantine V Kopronimos (741-775 AD), bronze follis, Syracuse mint DESCRIPTION . Obv: Constantine V, bearded, on left, and Leo IV on right facing, each wearing crown and chlamys and holding akakia Rev: Leo III bearded, facing, wearing crown and chlamys and holding cross potent, Greek legend [LEON] DE[SP] REFERENCE: SB 1569 GRADING: AVF, green-red patina w/ some highlights ORDER INFO: B1657, $38 Though some design is (typically) off the flan, a decent example of this bronze issue which is among the first ones to use entirely Greek inscriptions, as well as to refer to the Emperor as "Despot" (Lord) - a title that will be used occasionally through the end of the Empire, even after it was later broadened to denote the second in rank imperial office