Exceptional Bright Solidus
Constans II (641-668). AV Solidus, Constantinople mint, c. 661- 663 AD. Obv. ∂ N COSτ ANI. Draped busts of Constans, wearing plumed helmet and long beard, and Constantine, wearing crown, facing; cross above. Rev. VICTORIA A VGЧ I. Cross potent set on three steps; to left and right, full-length figures of Heraclius and Tiberius standing facing, each holding cruciform sceptre; beneath, CONOB. D.O. 30; Sear 964. 4.31 g. 19.50 mm. Superb, well centred and lustrous. EF.