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Hexagram of Constans II

Hexagram of Constans II

r. 408 - 411 CE

Constans II

Byzantine

Obv.: To l., bust of Constans, facing, with long beard, wearing chlamys and crown with cross on circlet in front and behind it, plume. To r., Constantine IV, beardless, wearing chlamys, and similar crown without plume. Between heads, cross. Rev.: Cross potent on base over globe on three steps. To l., Heraclius, to r., smaller Tiberius, both beardless, each wearing chlamys and crown with cross.

Silver

Byzantine period, Early

Coins