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ID:     160127
     [UNVERIFIED]
Type:     Byzantine
Region:     BYZANTINE EMPIRE
Issuer:     Constans II
Date Ruled:     AD 641-668
Metal:     Bronze
Denomination:     AE Decanummium
Struck / Cast:     struck
Date Struck:     AD 650/1
Diameter:     17 mm
Weight:     3.32 g
Die Axis:     6 h
Obverse Description:     Crowned facing bust with long beard, globus cruciger at left
Reverse Legend:     I / AN / NO I
Reverse Description:     Large I; AN at left, NO I at right
Mint:     Syracuse
Primary Reference:     DOC II 185
Reference2:     SB 1115
Photograph Credit:     Classical Numismatic Group
Source:     http://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=78033
Grade:     VF, hard brown patina.
Notes:     Grierson notes in DOC that there is never a hand under the globus in this issue. The globus merely hovers in mid-air next to the emperor.