TYPE Byzantine Empire, Constans II (641-668 AD), bronze follis, Syracuse mint, early class 2, struck 647/8 AD.
DESCRIPTION .
Obv: Bust of Constans with slight beard (indicated by row of dots), holding gl. cruciger
Rev: Denomination (M = 40 nummi), Constans' Greek monogram above
REFERENCE: SB 1105, DO 177a
GRADING: EF / AVF, brown patina (obv.), pitting (rev.), scarce, superb portrait
ORDER INFO: B3048, $65
Scarcer type in a Syracusan series of Constans that tracks his appearance progressing from beardless youth to a long-bearded effigy - here with a nice portrait of the "slight beard" version (associated with the year 647/8 AD, when Constans was age 17).