Rare Rome Mint Tremissis

Sale: Triton X, Lot: 843. Estimate $1000.  Closing Date: Monday, 8 January 2007.  Sold For $2200. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Constantine IV Pogonatus. 668-685. AV Tremissis (1.53 g, 6h). Rome mint, 4th officina. Struck circa 668-674. d N CONSTANTINuS PP AG, pearl-diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust right / VICTORI [A] AVGUI, cross potent; monogram to right; D// CONOB. DOC II 77 (Italian mint) var. (no officina); MIB III 49.2; SB 1228 (Italian mint). Good VF, traces of die rust, small lamination near edge, small edge bruise. Rare.

From the Mark Poncin Collection.