174, Lot: 277. Estimate $100. Sold for $360. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Constans II. 641-668. Æ Follis (16mm, 3.97 g). Carthage mint. Struck 662-667. Standing figures of Constans and Constantine, Constans with long beard in military uniform, his son in chlamys / Large M flanked by Heraclius and Tiberius; monogram above, KTG below. DOC II 147.6; MIB III 194; SB 1055. Good VF, brown patina.

From the Chris Connell Collection.

This type is usually found overstruck on earlier issues; it is rare to find it on a freshly prepared flan.