Lot 2155

Description

Constans II, (A.D. 641-668), Constantinople mint, folles, obv. Constans crowned bust facing, rev. M, CON in exergue, ANA to l., date year 3 = 643/4 to r., Officinae E, others uncertain due to overstriking, (S.1004, D.O.5). Fine and scarce. (4)

Originally thought to be an issue of Heraclonas (641), but modern scholarship suggests it belongs to Constans II (Sear p.199, 209). Most are overstruck on folles of Heraclius issued after 635.