Lot 3286

Description

Constans II, (641-668), gold solidus, issued, (4.228 grams), Syracuse mint, Class VI, issued c.661-668, obv. large crowned long-bearded bust facing of Constans, wearing chlamys and plumed helmet, ornamented with cross, Constantine IV on right wearing crown with cross on top, around traces of dN CONST ANU, rev. Cross potent above three steps, figures of Heraclius on left and Tiberius on right, each holding cross on globe, around VICTORIA A VG KU., in exergue CONOB, (S.1058c, DOC (162c), R.1620, BMC 284). Good very fine and very rare.

Ex Classical Arts Melbourne, November 1998.