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Auction 92 Part 1  23-24 May 2016
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Lot 929

Estimate: 7000 CHF
Price realized: 7500 CHF
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THE BYZANTINE EMPIRE
Heraclius, 5 October 610 – 11 January 641, with colleagues from January 613

Solidus circa 613, AV 4.50 g. dd NN herACLIYS Et he[rAC CONST PP AVG] Facing busts of Heraclius on l. and Heraclius Constantine on r., each wearing chlamys and crown; in field above, cross. Rev. VICTORIA – AVGY E Cross potent on four steps; in r. field I and in exergue, CONOB. DO –. MIB –. Sear –. Bendall, "The First Constantinopolitan Solidus of Heraclius and Heraclius Constantine", in SM 157 pp. 6-7, 1-2 (this coin).
Extremely rare, only the second specimen known. An insignificant
area of weakness on obverse, otherwise good extremely fine


Ex Triton sale XVII, 2014, 840.


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