Sale: CNG 72, Lot: 2080. Estimate $300.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 14 June 2006.  Sold For $510. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Constantine IV, Pogonatus. 668-685. AV Solidus (4.29 g, 6h). Carthage mint. Dated IY 8 (AD 679/80). Pearl-diademed, helmeted, and cuirassed bust facing, holding spear and shield / Cross potent on three steps; Heraclius and Tiberius, each wearing crown topped with cross and holding long cross, standing facing on either side; H (date) in left field, S in right; CONOB. DOC II -; MIB III, 25 (Sardinia); SB 1189A. Good VF.

From the Marc Poncin Collection.