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Sale: CNG 69, Lot: 1838. Estimate $750. 
Closing Date: Wednesday, 8 June 2005. 
Sold For $1100. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

CONSTANTINE IV. 668-685 AD. AV Solidus (4.41 gm, 6h). Carthage mint. Struck 668 AD. Helmeted facing bust, holding spear and shield / Cross potent on three steps; flanked by Heraclius and Tiberius standing facing; pellet to left of cross. Cf. DOC II 43; cf. MIB III 20; cf. SB 1188. EF, strong strike. ($750)

The pellet on the reverse appears to have been an intentional device rather than a die flaw. The absence of a mintmark in the exergue is unpublished for this issue, however, a coin in DOC (43a.2) is noted as having "no letters visible" in the exergue, but it is unknown if this is the result of poorly struck example.