Coin

About this object

History of use

"Follis" (denomination); Sear# 1000.

Physical description

Byzantine coin of Constans II, 641-668. Obverse: bust of Constans II, facing forwards; he wears a chlamys and a crown with a cross; to left, he holds a long staff topped with a cross; to right, he holds a globus cruciger; to left, inscription says ‘ɤT’; to right, it is illegible. Reverse: large ‘M’; to left, ‘[A]N[A]’ in a vertical position; to right, ‘NEOS’ in a vertical position; above, cross; beneath, ‘III’.