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Long Beach Signature Sale 3067 6-7 Sep 2018
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Heraclius (AD 610-641), with Heraclius Constantine. AV solidus (22mm, 4.30 gm, 6h). NGC Choice AU 5/5 - 4/5. Uncertain eastern mint, possibly Jerusalem, Alexandria on Cyprus, AD 613-618. d d N N hЄRACLIЧS ЄT hRA CONST, facing busts of Heraclius, bearded (on left) and Heraclius Constantine, smaller and beardless (on right), each wearing chlamys and elaborate crowns; cross above, exergual line below busts / VICTORIA-AVΣЧ I, cross potent on three steps; CONOB below. Sear 851 (Jerusalem). DOC 187a (Alexandria). MIB 77 (Cyprus). Deeply struck on a broad flan.
From the Collection of a Philhellene. Ex Baldwin, Mail List (November 2001), lot 37.
The attribution of this scarce solidus type to Jerusalem is no longer widely accepted, although an Eastern military mint is considered certain.
HID02901242017
Estimate: 800-1000 USD
Heraclius (AD 610-641), with Heraclius Constantine. AV solidus (22mm, 4.30 gm, 6h). NGC Choice AU 5/5 - 4/5. Uncertain eastern mint, possibly Jerusalem, Alexandria on Cyprus, AD 613-618. d d N N hЄRACLIЧS ЄT hRA CONST, facing busts of Heraclius, bearded (on left) and Heraclius Constantine, smaller and beardless (on right), each wearing chlamys and elaborate crowns; cross above, exergual line below busts / VICTORIA-AVΣЧ I, cross potent on three steps; CONOB below. Sear 851 (Jerusalem). DOC 187a (Alexandria). MIB 77 (Cyprus). Deeply struck on a broad flan.
From the Collection of a Philhellene. Ex Baldwin, Mail List (November 2001), lot 37.
The attribution of this scarce solidus type to Jerusalem is no longer widely accepted, although an Eastern military mint is considered certain.
HID02901242017
Estimate: 800-1000 USD