Sale: CNG 73, Lot: 1050. Estimate $300.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 13 September 2006.  Sold For $280. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Constantine IV Pogonatus. 668-685. Æ Half Follis (9.71 g, 7h). Constantinople mint. Struck 673. Helmeted facing bust, holding globus cruciger / Large K; ANNO to left, C[ON] to right; [officina mark in exergue]. DOC II 35c; MIB III 83; SB 1179. VF, heavy dark green patina. Overstruck on a follis of Heraclius (SB 810) that was overstruck on an uncertain type. Rare.

From the Henry Chitwood Collection.