254, Lot: 385. Estimate $300. Sold for $525. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Constans II. 641-668. AV Solidus (19mm, 4.44 g, 6h). Constantinople mint, 7th officina. Struck 651-654. Crowned facing bust, wearing long beard, holding globus cruciger / Cross potent on three steps; Z//CONOB+. Cf. DOC 21a (officina Δ); MIB 24; SB 958. Good VF, very light earthen deposits on reverse. The officina is largely off the flan. Out of the officinae listed in SB, Z seems most likely, but it could perhaps be Δ.