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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;robinjojo, post: 8175734, member: 110226&quot;]In all of the decades that I have collected coins, I have never purchased as Byzantine solidus.&nbsp; At certain points I owned a gold stater of Alexander III and a rather worn aureus of Nero, as I recall, both long departed from the collection, but never a Byzantine solidus.&nbsp; I guess the reason for that is due to the almost cookie cutter appearance of so many of them, plus the fact that I prefer Byzantine bronzes.</p><p><br /></p><p>So, when this coin appeared for sale, I took the bait.&nbsp; It is a coin that is readily available, but is more often than not rather crudely executed, in terms of centering and uneveness of strike.&nbsp; Additionally, the die work is often not so hot, with careless treatment of the obverse portraits and crude reverses.</p><p><br /></p><p>Constans II and Constantine IV, 654-659 AD</p><p>Solidus</p><p>Constantinople</p><p>Officina B</p><p>Obverse: Crowned and draped facing busts of Constans and Constantine; cross above.</p><p>Reverse: Cross potent set upon three steps, CONOB in exergue.</p><p><br /></p><p>S 959</p><p><br /></p><p>4.44 grams</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1428745[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>The question is, would you buy a used chariot from these guys?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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