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Buy or Bid Sale 221  17 Nov 2022
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Lot 22

Estimate: 1200 USD
Price realized: 800 USD
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Constantine IV. Solidus; Constantine IV; Constantinople, 669-674 AD, Solidus, 4.41g. Sear-1153, Berk-169, MIB-4. Obv: d N CO[N] - A - NUS P Helmeted and cuirassed bust facing three-quarters r., holding spear over r. shoulder. Rx: VICTOA - A - VGU A (officina 1) Cross potent on three steps between standing figures of Heraclius and Tiberius; CONOB in exergue. In a 2x2 envelope from Ex Lyman H. Low, Sale 205, New Rochelle, N.Y., 11 June 1921, lot 448.Excellent example of what we consider an unartistic portrait of Constantine IV, which was struck in large quantities, followed by one of the most artistic portraits of this same emperor. Slight contact mark at 11 o\'clock of obverse. MS
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