PSEUDO-BYZANTINE.AE.Follis ( Fals ).7th cent AD. After coin of Constans II ( AD 641-668 ) ( 4.16g,26.5mm, 12h )
Crowned facing bust of imperial figure ( Constans II ),cross on crown.
Reverse.Uncial letter M, to right downwards A / N / O to right pseudo regnal year X / Y ( year 15 ), between limbs pseudo officina letter Γ, abover cross.
Better than very fine with earthen deposit in fields.
Flan cut away from earlier larger coin, trace of an undertype.
Facing bust imitative folles are much rarer than the oftern encountered standing imperial figure imitative coinage. They basically copy Constans II INPER CONST issue ( Sear 1005 the most common, bearing regnal year 3 AD 643/44 ) with the obverse and reverse legends in most cases garbled