Friday, 5 April 2013

Constans II, AE follis, Constantinople, Year 4, SB 1000

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Constans II
Basileus, 641 – 668 A.D.


Coin: AE follis

Obverse: εN TȣTO NIKA, Constans, beardless, standing, facing, wearing a crown and a Chlamys and holding a long cross with his right hand and a Globus Cruciger with his left.
Reverse: Large m between A/N/A and N/ε/O/ς, above, a ✚ above, BIIII in exergue..

Weight: 2.45 g
Diameter: 20 x 23.5 x 1.2 mm
Die axis: 320°
Mint: Constantinople, year 4 (BIIII), 645 A.D.
Reference: SB 1000
Note: This series is mostly overstruck on clipped flans of earlier folles.

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