Constans II AR Hexagram. Thessalonica or Syracuse, AD 659-668. d N CONSTANTI C CON, Facing busts of Constans II, with long beard, to left and Constantine IV, beardless, to right, each wearing chlamys and crown cruciger, the former with plume; between heads, cross / DEYS ADIYTA ROmANIS, Cross potent on three steps between facing standing figures of Heraclius left and Tiberius right, both beardless, each wearing crown and chlamys and holding globus cruciger; Θ below. Sear 1022 (Thessalonica). 6.22g, 20mm, 7h. Overstruck, Very Fine. Extremely Rare. The style of this coin is almost identical to those of the Syracusan issues. It is possible therefore that this extremely rare emission could actually have been struck at Syracuse, rather than Thessalonica.
Constans II AR Hexagram. Thessalonica or Syracuse, AD 659-668. d N CONSTANTI C CON, Facing busts of Constans II, with long beard, to left and Constantine IV, beardless, to right, each wearing chlamys and crown cruciger, the former with plume; between heads, cross / DEYS ADIYTA ROmANIS, Cross potent on three steps between facing standing figures of Heraclius left and Tiberius right, both beardless, each wearing crown and chlamys and holding globus cruciger; Θ below. Sear 1022 (Thessalonica). 6.22g, 20mm, 7h. Overstruck, Very Fine. Extremely Rare. The style of this coin is almost identical to those of the Syracusan issues. It is possible therefore that this extremely rare emission could actually have been struck at Syracuse, rather than Thessalonica.
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