Lot 4417

Description

Constans II with Constantine IV, (641 - 668 A.D.), gold solidus, (4.50 g), Constantinople mint, Class VI, issued 661-663, 9th Officina, 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 dN C..T.., rev. cross potent above three steps, figures of Heraclius on left and Tiberius on right, each holding cross on globe, around VICTORIA A VGU**Q*, in exergue CONOB, (S.964, DOC 30h, MIB 31). Trace of mint bloom, nearly extremely fine, very scarce.