Sale: CNG 61, Lot: 2182. Sep 25, 2002.

PAPAL-BYZANTINE ROME. CONSTANTINE IV (668-685) and 
POPE ST. VITALIAN (657-672). AR 1/8 Siliqua (0.26 
gm). Struck circa 668-672. Crowned and beardless 
facing bust, wearing chlamys and holding globus 
cruciger / Elongated monogram of Pope Vitalian. 
M.D. O’Hara and I. Vecchi, “A Find of Byzantine 
Silver from the Mint of Rome for the Period AD 
641-752,” SNR 64 (1985), 15; SB 1233A; Berman 8 
(Pope Stephen III or IV). 
Extremely rare. ($3000) 
Ex Leu-NAC Auction, (May 1993), lot 585.

Lot sold for  $4750, plus buyers fees.

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