CNG 96, Lot: 984. Estimate $300. Sold for $800. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Constantine IV Pogonatus, with Heraclius and Tiberius. 668-685. AV Solidus (19mm, 4.40 g, 6h). Constantinople mint, 8th officina. Struck 674-681. Helmeted and cuirassed bust facing slightly right, holding spear over shoulder and shield / Cross potent set on three steps; at sides, Heraclius and Tiberius standing facing, each holding globus cruciger; H//CONOB. DOC 10g; MIB 7a; SB 1156. Near EF, edges have been rounded for suspension in jewelry. Particularly crude portrait.