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Electronic Auction 417 28 Mar 2018
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Heraclius. 610-641. Æ 12 Nummi (22mm, 15.93 g, 6h). Alexandria mint. Struck 618-628(?). Draped facing bust (of Khosrau II?), wearing crown surmounted by cross within crescent; star to left, crescent to right / Large I B; cross potent on globe between; AΛEΞ. Bates, Copper issue UI; DOC 192; MIB 202a; SB 856. VF, dark green patina with earthen highlights/deposits, a few cleaning marks.
Ex Roma E-Sale 30 (29 October 2016), lot 644.
Although usually assigned to the Persian occupation of Egypt, Bates highlights a number of problems with such an attribution. He dismisses the interpretation of the crescent and star as specifically Persian, arguing that the symbols were ubiquitous in the ancient eastern Mediterranean.
Ex Roma E-Sale 30 (29 October 2016), lot 644.
Although usually assigned to the Persian occupation of Egypt, Bates highlights a number of problems with such an attribution. He dismisses the interpretation of the crescent and star as specifically Persian, arguing that the symbols were ubiquitous in the ancient eastern Mediterranean.