Sale: Triton VIII, Lot: 1375. Estimate $2000.  Closing Date: Monday, 10 January 2005.  Sold For $4250. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

CONSTANS II. 641-668 AD. AV Light-Weight Solidus of 20 Siliqua (3.74 gm, 6h). Constantinople mint. Struck 651-654 AD. d N CONSTANTINUS PP AU, facing bust with long beard, wearing crown and chlamys, holding globus cruciger / VICTORIA AVGU, cross potent on three steps; S/BOXX. DOC II -; MIB III -; Berk 159 = SB 981A (this coin pictured). Good VF, slight flan crease. Unique. ($2000)

From the Malcolm W. Heckman Collection. Ex William J. Conte Collection (Sotheby's New York, 2 November 1998), lot 267. Seaby 981A plate coin; Berk 159 plate coin.

The indicator BOXX for a 20 siliqua solidus appears in the 661-663 AD period (SB 982), as well as on earlier issues of Heraclius, so its appearance on this unique coin does not seem to be a simple error for the normal OBXX signature.