THE BYZANTINE EMPIRE
Constans II, September 641 – 15 July 678, with colleagues from 654
Hexagram 647-651, AR 6.78 g. d N CONSTAN – TINYS P P AV Bearded bust facing, wearing crown with cross on circlet and chlamys, and holding globus cruciger. Rev. DEYS AdIYtA ROMANIS Cross potent over globe set on three steps. DO 50. MIB 144. Sear 991.
Iridescent tone; traces of overstriking, otherwise extremely fine