Magnificent Quality

Sale: Triton XI, Lot: 1090. Estimate $500.  Closing Date: Monday, 7 January 2008.  Sold For $1400. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Constans II. 641-668. Æ Follis (4.63 g, 6h). Syracuse mint. Dated IY 11 (652/3). Crowned figure of Constans, wearing chlamys, standing facing, holding globus cruciger in right hand; I/H/Δ to left, I/A (date) to right / Large M; cross above; SCL. DOC 179; MBBS 26; Spahr 118; MIB 208; SB 1108. Superb EF, dark green patina. Exceptionally well struck from fresh dies, possibly the finest known.