Sale: Triton VIII, Lot: 1379. Estimate $300. Closing Date: Monday, 10 January 2005. Sold For $380. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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CONSTANS II. 641-668 AD. AV Solidus (4.41 gm, 6h). Carthage mint. Dated IY 4 (645/6 AD). DN CONS TANTIN P, beardless facing bust, wearing crown and chlamys, holding globus cruciger / VICTORIA AVG, cross potent on three steps; P in right field;
D/CONOB. DOC II 108.1; MIB II 57.2; SB 1030. EF. ($300)
From the Malcolm W. Heckman Collection.Another variety of the solidus of this year, SB 1031, has the P in the left reverse field. On this coin, it appears the P was removed from the left field and added to the right.