Sale: CNG 70, Lot: 1089. Estimate $150.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 21 September 2005.  Sold For $135. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

CONSTANS II, with CONSTANTINE IV. 641-668 AD. Æ Half Follis (2.02 g, 6h). Syracuse mint. Dated IY 4 (660/1 AD). Crowned facing busts of Constans and Constantine / Large K; date across field. DOC II 184; Spahr 140; BBS 32; MIB III 213; SB 1114. VF, dark green patina, edge split, overstruck on uncertain type. ($150)

The D of the date has the distinctive extended lower crossbar, seen on other Syracusan folles.