641-668 Byzantine Empire NGC MS 4/4 Constans II GOLD Solidus - Before the Beard

Description

Emperor Constans II "The Bearded"  ...  but this portrait is before the beard
NGC has graded this "Mint State" with a "Strike 4/5" and "Surface 4/5"
NGC certification number 6057027-187
43 in higher grades at NGC (including MS coins with a "STAR" from NGC), out of a total of 901 graded (including this coin)
Keep in mind that the total population reported by NGC includes coins will cleaning, scratches, damage, clipped, filed rims, graffiti, etc., as well as all of the solidii struck under Constans II in all varieties, including with his kids sometimes and with different stages of beard growth.
Constantinople, 9th officina. d N CONStAN-tINЧS P P AV, bust of Constans II facing, beardless and with large head, wearing crown and chlamys pinned at right shoulder, globus cruciger in right hand / VICTORIA-AVϚЧ Θ, cross potent with base on three steps; CONOBC below. Sear 939
I have another of these coins in my collection already.  The one I am keeping is graded MS also but
"Strike 4/5" and "Surface 3/5" .  I have examined them side-by-side and determined that I like the one I already have more, also beardless, and with a slightly taller face and nose than this example.  You can collect this guy's gold coins showing the progression of his beard over 25 years from nothing to stubble to full blown ZZ Topp.