CNG 102, Lot: 1164. Estimate $750. Sold for $850. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Constantine IV Pogonatus, with Heraclius and Tiberius. 668-685. Æ Follis (37mm, 17.01 g, 6h). Constantinople mint, 2nd officina. Struck 668-673. Helmeted and cuirassed bust facing, holding globus cruciger / Large M; cross above; at sides, Heraclius and Tiberius standing facing, each holding globus cruciger; B//CON. DOC 28b; MIB 77; SB 1173. Good VF, dark brown patina, some scratches in obverse field, reverse slightly double struck.

From the M. A. Armstrong Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group 43 (24 September 1997), lot 2702.

The coinage reform of Constantine IV saw the short-lived return of the large flan follis typical of the 6th century.