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Constans II AV Solidus. Constantinople, AD 667-668. VICTORIA AVςЧ θ, crowned and draped facing bust, with long beard, holding globus cruciger / Constantine IV standing facing between Heraclius, on right, and Tiberius, on left, each crowned and draped and holding globus cruciger; CONOB in exergue. DOC 42 (officina not listed); MIB 41; Sear 974. 4.32g, 21mm, 7h.
Near Mint State; slight die-shift and minor graffito to rev., otherwise lustrous surfaces. Rare.
This fascinating type, which formed the last solidus issue of the long reign of Constans II, breaks away from the standard types seen previously by bringing the reverse legend onto the obverse (in doing so dispensing with the imperial names and titles) and relegating the crown prince Constantine IV to the reverse with the other princes, his portrait having featured on the obverse for earlier issues.
Near Mint State; slight die-shift and minor graffito to rev., otherwise lustrous surfaces. Rare.
This fascinating type, which formed the last solidus issue of the long reign of Constans II, breaks away from the standard types seen previously by bringing the reverse legend onto the obverse (in doing so dispensing with the imperial names and titles) and relegating the crown prince Constantine IV to the reverse with the other princes, his portrait having featured on the obverse for earlier issues.