Unusual Variety

212, Lot: 419. Estimate $100. Sold for $70. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Constans II. 641-668. Æ Follis (23mm, 5.14 g, 1h). Syracuse mint. Struck 641. Crowned facing bust, holding globus cruciger / Large M; Є//SC[L]. DOC 9 (Heraclonas) var. (position of officina letter); SB 1103 var. (same). VF, brown patina, overstruck.

Ex Carroll F. Wales Collection.

This is an unusual variety with the officina letter below the ‘M’. It is normally found to the left of the ‘S’.