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21 February 2021
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Lacking the indictional date

Starting Price: 150 CHF
Hammer Price:  600 CHF
Lot 845

Constans II, with Constantine IV, 641-668. Solidus (Gold, 12 mm, 4.30 g, 6 h), Carthage, no indictional year indicated. D N CONTAN[...] Draped facing busts of Constans II, bearded and holding globus cruciger, and Constantine IV, beardless, each wearing crown topped with cross; above, cross. Rev. VICTORIA AЧ /CONOB Cross potent on three steps. Cf. DOC 118-21. Cf. MIB 66. Cf. SB 1039. Very fine.

From the Trausnitz Collection, acquired prior to 2007.

As is often the case with this series, the legends are fragmentary and somewhat ill-formed. On this variety, the reverse legend is often simply VICTORIA, VICTORIA A or VICTORIA AЧ, as here, and then is followed by the indictional date. The dates IB, IΓ, ΙΔ, ΙΕ, and A have been noted. On this example, if our reading is correct and the Ч is not simply a malformed numeral, there seems to be no indictional date present.

Online bidding closes: 21 Feb 2021, 22:02:30 CET Current Date & Time: 28 Mar 2024, 14:38:37 CET Remaining Time: Closed Hammer Price:600 CHF by MailBidder2339 (13 bids)
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