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Description: Constantine IV Pogonatus, with Heraclius and Tiberius. 668-685. AV Solidus (18mm, 4.41 g, 6h). Constantinople mint, 4th officina. Struck 668-673. obv. Helmeted and cuirassed bust of Constantine IV facing slightly right, holding spear and shield; D N CONS-AVЧS P (D[ominus] N[oster] Cons[tantinus] Aug[u]s[tus] P[erpetuus]) rev. Cross potent set on three steps between standing figures of Heraclius and Tiberius, both crowned, wearing a chlamys and holding a globus cruciger; VICTOA A-VGЧ Δ CONOB (Victo[ri]a Aug[usti] / quarta [officina] / Con[stantinopoli] ob[ryzum]) DOC 6d; MIB 5c; SB 1153. Near EF.
Title: Solidus of Constantine IV with Heraclius and Tiberius
Credit: CNG Coins
Author: Photo: CNG Coins, Coin: 7th-century Byzantine state mint
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