124, Lot: 282. Estimate $300. Sold for $410. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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CONSTANTINE IV, Pogonatus. 668-685 AD. AV Solidus (19mm, 4.50 g, 6h). Constantinople mint. Struck 681-685 AD. P CONS-tAN-uS P P A (t and u retrograde), pearl-diademed, helmeted, and cuirassed bust facing slightly right, holding spear over shoulder and shield decorated with horseman spearing fallen enemy; helmet decorated with crest and plume / Cross potent on three steps;
Q//CONOB. DOC II 14c var. (obv. legend breaks): MIB III 10; SB 1157. Good VF, underlying luster, obverse struck with slightly rusty die.