HERACLIUS, 610-641, WITH HERACLIUS CONSTANTINUS
Uncertain Mints
Solidus 613-625. (Alexandria? or Rome??).
Obv. (?????ID V CES ×BVO????) Crowned busts of Heraclius on l. and Heraclius Constantinus on r., each wearing chlamys and elaborate crowns. Heraclius Constantinus is much smaller. Small cross above and between them.
Rev. VICTORI A – AVG× Є Cross potent on three steps. CONOB below.
Sear 928? DOC -. MIB 107a?
4,40 g. Rare. Double strike and perhaps struck on a previous coin.Good very fine.
Purchased from Knopek, Cologne in April 1978 as Ravenna mint. This does not hold true as all Ravenna coins end with AVGG and not AVGG. The double strike prohibits an exact reading of the legends. Finally, it might even be from a barbarian mint.