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: VF / AVF, green patina, some red encrustation, overstruck, scarce ORDER INFO: B2745, $58 Scarcer type in a Syracusan series of Constans 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). Interesting overstrike (rather typically on SB 1103), where mainly partial legends are visible from the undercoin, but here with flipped sides, showing "[IMPER] CONST" on the reverse, and "[ANA] NEOS" on the obverse perimeter areas