Description: Constantine IV (668 - 685 AD). AE Decanummium, Constantinople mint. Helmeted and cuirassed bust facing, beardless, holding globus cruciger / large I surmounted by cross, cross left, K right; CON in ex.

Diameter: AE21 mm

Weight: 4,78 g

Grade: VF/VF

Attribution: SB 1182; DOC 38

Commentary: dark patina with sand deposits, choice for this type, good details with sharp reverse

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: 034-05-02-41652