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Auction: 5003 - Ancient, Islamic, English & Foreign Coins & Comm. Medals
Lot: 182

Constans II (A.D. 641-668), AV Solidus, 4.44g., facing busts of Constans and Constantine IV, each wearing crown and chlamys, cross above, dn constantinus c constan, rev. victoria avgui, cross potent on three steps, conob in exergue (S 959; DO 25), lustrous, extremely fine Estimate £ 160-200 provenance: William Herbert Hunt Collection, Sotheby's New York, 5 December 1990, lot 372 Sotheby's New York, 2 November 1998, lot 258

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