51 - Solidus Coin, Constans II, Byzantine Empire, 662–667 AD, gold, golden ploughs, Obverse legend: DN CONT - TIN Obverse description: Facing busts of the emperors Constans II and Constantine IV, wearing crowns surmounted by crosses and imperial cloaks (chlamyses), fastened with fibulae at the right shoulder. Constans II, shown on the left, has a long beard and a crown adorned with a plume; Constantine IV, on the right, is beardless and smaller in size. Between the two busts is an equal-armed cross. Reverse legend: VICTORIA - AVҀЧA / CONOB Reverse description: A potent cross set on a three-stepped base, flanked by standing figures of the emperors Heraclius, on the left, and Tiberius, on the right, shown facing forward. Both wear crowns surmounted by crosses and imperial cloaks (chlamyses), and each holds a globus cruciger in his right hand. The Greek letters K and Γ are engraved on either side of the cross. The solidus was issued during the reign of Emperor Constans II (641–668), and is dated typologically and chronologically to approximately 661–663, following the association of his sons Heraclius and Tiberius with the rule, alongside Constantine IV. An ancient graffito can be seen on the coin’s reverse. Constans II’s reign unfolded amid profound changes in the Byzantine Empire, driven by Arab expansion, the loss of territories in the eastern provinces, military conflicts, and the need to reorganize the state’s administrative and economic structures, d=19.33 mm, This lot is being classified by the Romanian Ministry of Heritage.