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Byzantine Emp. Constans II. Half miliarensis 652-654, AR 2.19g.

Currency:CHF Category:Coins & Paper Money / World Coins - World Start Price:2,000.00 CHF Estimated At:2,500.00 - 0.00 CHF
Byzantine Emp. Constans II. Half miliarensis 652-654, AR 2.19g.
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The Byzantine Empire. Constans II 641 – 668, with colleagues from 654. Half miliarensis 652-654, AR 2.19 g. d N CONStAN – [tINYS PP AV] Emperor standing facing, wearing chlamys and crown with cross, holding globus cruciger. Rev. Cross potent on two steps between two palm branches. DO –. MIB –. Sear –. Bendall, A new cerimonial coin of Constans II, Numismatic Circular October 2005, p. 306. Of the highest rarity and possibly the finest of only four specimens known. Lovely old cabinet tone, an almost invisible metal flaw on obverse and minor marks, otherwise good very fine