CNG 100, Lot: 309. Estimate $500. Sold for $900. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Constantine IV Pogonatus. 668-685. AV Solidus (14mm, 4.36 g, 6h). Carthage mint. Dated IY 9 (680/1). Helmeted and cuirassed bust facing, holding spear over shoulder and shield / Cross potent set on three steps; large circular ornament to right; [Θ]//CNOI[B]. DOC 48 (same obv. die); MIB 26a; SB 1190. EF, lustrous. Rare.

From the collection of Dr. Lawrence A. Adams. Ex Dr. Anton Dreesman Collection (Part II, Spink 144, 13 July 2000), lot 524.