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Offline Phill K

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Help in identification (Rare Coin)
« on: December 17, 2018, 09:56:22 am »
Minted in Constantinople.
Soldier on the Front
"M" on the back.

Couldn't find it in any of the catalogs.

Thanks in advance.


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Re: Help in identification (Rare Coin)
« Reply #1 on: December 17, 2018, 10:36:08 am »
It is a Constans II follis.  It may be:
Constans II, AE Follis, Constantinople. EN TVTO NIKA, Constans, with long beard and moustache, wearing crown and chlamys, standing facing holding cross and cross on globe / Large M, ANA to left, star or cross above, NEOS to right, date XXII to XXU in Roman numerals below. SB 1007, DOC 70-73.
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Re: Help in identification (Rare Coin)
« Reply #2 on: December 17, 2018, 12:15:30 pm »
Hi Phil,

I am pretty sure it is a Sear 1010, Constans II with Constantine IV, Constantinople mint:

The emperors left hand is on his hip, the globus cruciger is held by a smaller second figure to the right. I also don't see any legend, consistent with Sear 1010. On the reverse the Mintmark CON is clearly present in the exergue. I can't make out the year though, which is to the right of the M.

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Re: Help in identification (Rare Coin)
« Reply #3 on: December 24, 2018, 10:58:48 pm »
It's looks like Heraclius follis after Persian Victory. Sear 810. Look at the sign above the M. It's not a cross, but C.

 

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