TYPE Byzantine Empire, Constantine IV Pogonatos (668-685 AD), bronze half follis, Constantinople mint, 5.68g DESCRIPTION . Obv: Bust of Constantine facing, holding spear over shoulder and shield Rev: Denomination (K = 20 nummi), cross to right REFERENCE: SB 1181, DO 37.4 GRADING: VF, encrusted (on obv.) dark green patina, 'KOT' c/m, very rare ORDER INFO: B2611, $185 Scarce type - from the series of full-sized bronze folles and fractions revival attempted by Constantine IV - and rare countermark (Constantine monogram #35 per Sear, c/m I per D. Oaks; only a single specimen cited by the D. Oaks catalog), characteristic for the fact that it is a Constantine monogram placed on what is clearly an earlier issue of the same ruler, for unknown purpose. See DO II(1), p.57, for a discussion of this topic, and the possible Cypriote origin of the monogram.