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LOT 3107
Constantine IV Pogonatus AE 10 Nummi or Decanummium. Struck circa AD 668-673. Constantinople mint.
Beardless, helmeted and cuirassed bust of Constantine IV facing, holding globus cruciger in right hand / Large I between cross and K; [above, cross?]. Cf. DOC 38; cf. MIB 88; cf. SB 1182. Very Fine. Overstruck on an uncertain type.(3.72gr, 24mm, 7h.).
Provenance
Acquired on the UK market.
Property of a London antiquarian.
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