THE BYZANTINE EMPIRE
Constans II, September 641 – 15 July 678, with colleagues from 654
Hexagram 647-651, AR 6.78 g. d N CONSTAN – TINYS P P AV Bearded bust facing, wearing crown with cross on circlet and chlamys , and holding globus cruciger . Rev. DEYS AdIYtA ROMANIS Cross potent over globe set on three steps. DO 50. MIB 144. Sear 991.
Iridescent tone; traces of overstriking, otherwise extremely fine