CNG 108, Lot: 740. Estimate $2500. Sold for $1500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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Constans II, with Constantine IV, Heraclius, and Tiberius. 641-668. AV Solidus (20mm, 4.34 g, 6h). Syracuse mint. Struck circa 661-668. Crowned and draped facing busts of Constans, with tall plume, and Constantine facing; cross above / VICTORIA AVGЧ KЧ•, cross potent set upon three steps between standing figures of Heraclius and Tiberius, each holding globus cruciger; CONOB. DOC (162c); MIB 95; Anastasi 186a var. (obv. legend); SB 1086A. EF, a little frosty, two edge scrapes and shallow scrape on bottom of Constans’ beard, flan slighty bent. Rare.
From the D. Massey Collection. Ex Numismatica Ars Classica 75 (18 November 2013), lot 617.