Roma Numismatics Ltd
Auction XVII 28 Mar 2019
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Constans II AV Solidus. Rome or central-southern Italy, circa AD 642-647. d N CONSTANtIIЧS P P AVII, bust facing, beardless, wearing crown and chlamys with tablion ornamented by four pellets, holding globus cruciger / VICTORI> AVGЧΔ, cross potent on base and three steps. Unpublished in the standard references, for general type cf. MIB 112; DOC 10a I-2 (Heraclonas); BNP 1 (Heraclonas); BCI 401 (Heraclius II); Sear 1117 (all with letter K in reverse field and C or Γ officina lettter). 4.18g, 21mm, 6h.
Near Extremely Fine; clipped.
From a private UK collection.
This cataloguer favours this new type for the Roma mint based on the similarity of flan preparation with undulated surfaces characteristic of that mint. However, both Naples and Beneventum are possible issuing authorities imitating the production techniques of Rome.
Near Extremely Fine; clipped.
From a private UK collection.
This cataloguer favours this new type for the Roma mint based on the similarity of flan preparation with undulated surfaces characteristic of that mint. However, both Naples and Beneventum are possible issuing authorities imitating the production techniques of Rome.