Among the Finest Known

CNG 90, Lot: 1906. Estimate $7500. Sold for $7000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Constantine IV Pogonatus, with Heraclius and Tiberius. 668-685. Æ 40 Nummi – Follis (36mm, 19.26 g, 7h). Constantinople mint, 1st officina. Struck circa 669-674. d N CONSτAN τINЧS PP AЧ, helmeted and cuirassed beardless bust facing, holding globus cruciger in right hand / Large M between standing figures of Heraclius, on left, and Tiberius, on right, each wearing crown and holding globus cruciger in right hand; cross above; A//CON. DOC 28a; MIB 77; SB 1173. Choice EF, attractive dark brown patina with reddish hues. Exceptional and among the finest known.

From the J.-P. Righetti Collection, 860. Ex Tkalec (28 October 1994), lot 413.