THE BYZANTINE EMPIRE
Heraclius, 5 October 610 – 11 January 641, with colleagues from January 613
Solidus, uncertain Eastern military mint, 613-618, AV 4.48 g. dd NN herA [CLIYS Et herA CONST] Facing busts of Heraclius on l. and Heraclius Constantine on r., each wearing chlamys and crowned with cross; in field above, cross. Rev. VICTORIA – AVGY I Ç Cross potent on four steps; in exergue, CONOB. DO 188 var. MIB 779 (Cyprus?). Sear 852 (Jerusalem). Bendall, ”The Byzantine coinage of the mint of Jerusalem” in RN 159, 2003, p. 307 and Pl. XLI, 14.
Rare. A mark and an insignificant area of weakness
on obverse, otherwise good extremely fine
Price realized | 950 CHF |
Starting price | 800 CHF |
Estimate | 1'000 CHF |