174, Lot: 280. Estimate $75. Sold for $62. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Constans II. 641-668. Æ Half Follis (23mm, 3.37 g). Syracuse mint. Dated IY 4 (660/1). Half length figures of Constans and Constantine, crowned and draped; Constans holds globus cruciger / Large K; date across fields. DOC II 184; MIB III 213; SB 1114. Good VF, green patina. Multiple overstrikes.

From the Chris Connell Collection.

The globus cruciger held by Constans is not mentioned in the references, but most known specimens are poorly struck, and it simply may have been overlooked.