Details
LOT 3635
Constans II AE 40 Nummis or Follis. Struck AD 641-644. Syracuse mint.
IҺPЄR COҺSτ, crowned facing bust, beardless, wearing chlamys and holding globus cruciger / Large ᙏ; A N A and N Є O s across field; SCs in exergue; cross to left. DOC 9d (Heraclonas); MIB 204a-c; SB 1103. Very Fine.(4.49gr, 20mm, 8h.).
Provenance
From the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s.
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