Description: Constantine IV (668 - 685 AD). AE Follis, Carthage mint, 668 - 673 AD. Crowned and cuirassed bust facing, holding globus cruciger in right hand, spear projecting over left shoulder / Large M between standing figures of Heraclius (on left) and Tiberius, monogram above M.

Diameter: AE21 mm

Weight: 2,8 g

Grade: gF/gF

Attribution: Sear 1195; DOC 51

Commentary: rare; bronze surfaces, flan break

History: To secure the succession of his son, Justinian II, Constantine IV mutilated his two brothers, a practice started in the Byzantine empire some decades earlier.

Article Number: 034-06-06-41652