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                                Sale: Triton VIII, Lot: 1390. Closing Date: Jan 
                                10, 2005. CONSTANTINE IV, Pogonatus. 668-685 AD. 
                                AV Solidus (4.34 gm, 6h). Italian (Naples?) 
                                mint. Struck 681-685 AD. Estimate $2500 Sold For 
                                $2600 

                              CONSTANTINE IV, Pogonatus. 668-685 AD. AV Solidus 
                              (4.34 gm, 6h). Italian (Naples?) mint. Struck 
                              681-685 AD. P OCNS TA US PP A, helmeted and 
                              cuirassed bust facing slightly right, with short 
                              beard, holding spear over shoulder and shield / 
                              VICTORA AVGU, cross potent on three steps; 
                              D:^/CONOB. DOC II -; Ricotti-Prina 31 (same 
                              obverse die; Pentapolis); cf. MIB III X2; SB 
                              1230A. EF. Rare. ($2500)

                              From the Malcolm W. Heckman Collection.

                              The attribution to Naples is a conjecture on the 
                              part of Hahn. Ricotti-Prina, with equal 
                              uncertainty, sees a mint operating in the region 
                              of the Pentapolis, a league of five cities, 
                              Rimini, Ancona, Fano, Pesaro, and Senigallia, on 
                              the Adriatic.








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