Description: Constans II (641 - 668 AD). AE 20 Nummi, Carthage mint 647/8-651/2 AD. DN CONSTANTINO; beardless bust facing, wearing crown and chlamys, holding globus cruciger / Large cross, X-X across fields; CRTς in ex.

Diameter: AE18 mm

Weight: 5,12 g

Grade: VF/aVF

Attribution: DOC 140; SB 1057

Commentary: good details, bronze patina with some reddish and green deposits

History: In 646 AD Gregory, the Exarch of Africa, rebelled against the emperor Constans II and one year later 20.000 Arabs invaded the Exarchate plundering and killing the Gregory - thus marking the end of Byzantine domination in Africa.

Article Number: 004-04-06-44953