Roma Numismatics Ltd
Auction XIII 23 March 2017
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Constans II AV Solidus. Syracuse, circa AD 659-662. D N CONStA-NY..., crowned bust of Constans II with long beard and holding globus cruciger, and Constantine IV facing / VICTORIA TYS YI Γ:, cross potent set on four steps between facing figures of Heraclius and Tiberius, each wearing crown and chlamys and holding globus cruciger; CONOB in exergue. MIB -; DOC -; Spahr -; Sear -; MIC -; M. Anastasi, monete byzantine di Sicilia, 171 (misdescribed); for the reverse type cf. MIB 945. 4.31g, 20mm, 6h.
Extremely Fine. Excessively Rare - the second recorded example.
This solidus, with the emperor holding a globus cruciger on the obverse, is a completely new addition to the repertoire of Constans II's Syracusan solidi. Anastasi included the image of a similar example under number 171, but failed to recognise that it was a new type also not recorded for the mints of Constantinople, Rome or Ravenna.
Extremely Fine. Excessively Rare - the second recorded example.
This solidus, with the emperor holding a globus cruciger on the obverse, is a completely new addition to the repertoire of Constans II's Syracusan solidi. Anastasi included the image of a similar example under number 171, but failed to recognise that it was a new type also not recorded for the mints of Constantinople, Rome or Ravenna.