Sale: Nomos 6, Lot: 200. Estimate CHF1250. Closing Date: Monday, 7 May 2012. Sold For CHF1750. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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Constans II, with Constantine IV, Heraclius, and Tiberius. 641-668. Solidus (Gold, 4.43 g 7), Constantinople, c. 661-663. d N CONST.... Facing busts of Constans II, large and with long beard, and Constantine IV, smaller and beardless, both wearing crowns with cross and Constans with a plume above; between them, cross.
Rev. VICTORIA AVႺႯ Θ / CONOB Cross potent on base and three steps between standing facing figures of Heraclius and Tiberius, each holding globus cruciger. DOC 30h. MIB 31. SB 964. An attractive, nearly perfect piece. Virtually as struck.
From the Müller collection, Sincona 3, 25 October 2011, 3311.