271, Lot: 107. Estimate $1500. Sold for $2750. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Constans II. 641-668. AV Solidus (20mm, 4.35 g, 6h). Ravenna mint, 8th officina. Struck 642-647. ∂N CONτ AτNVIOC AV, crowned facing bust, wearing chlamys and holding globus cruciger / VICTORI A AVCCC, cross potent set upon three steps; IΓ across field; H//CONOB. DOC -; MIB 126 (this coin cited and illustrated); Ranieri 670 (this coin illustrated); SB 1132D. VF, some areas of striking weakness, a few dings on the reverse. Very rare.

Property of Princeton Economics acquired by Martin Armstrong. Ex Sotheby’s New York 7214 (2 November 1998), lot 283; Bonhams 3 (3 December 1980), lot 209.