BYZANTINE EMPIRE.
CONSTANS II, AD 641-668. Solidus, Constantinople, dated 648-649. AV 4.41 g. dN CONStAN - tINyS PP AVG Facing bust with short beard, wearing crown and chlamys, holding globe cruciger on his r. hand. Rev. VICTORIA - AVgyZ / CONOB Cross potent on three steps, in field r., Z[retrograd](=indiction 7). DO II/2, 423, 13c; MIB III, 237, 16a; Sear 949.
Scarce. Good extremely fine
Provenance:
Eberhard W. Kornfeld (1923-2023), Bern collection
acquired from Maison J. Vinchon, Paris.