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Numismatic Auction 82  12 Feb 2019
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Lot 161

Estimate: 75 USD
Price realized: 51 USD
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Heraclius. 610-641. AE follis (27.5 mm, 9.71 g, 7 h). Constantinople mint, Struck 612/13. (should be:) dd NN hЄRACLIuS Єt hЄRA CONSt PP Aobscured by large fragment of Maurice Tiberius legend from undertype, Heraclius (on left) and Heraclius Constantine standing facing, each wearing crown topped with cross and chlamys, each holding globus cruciger; cross between their heads / Large M dividing A / N / N / O ? II / I ( = yr. 3 = 612/13 ); above, Chi-Rho Christogram; beneath, Γ; in ex, [CON] (obscured by parts of undertype). SBCV 805. VF for type, overstruck as usual on earlier follis scrambling legends, overall attractive for type.

Ex Leo Hamburger 1890's.

This coin comes from a large group of Roman Provincial, Byzantine and Vandalic coins which were part of Leopold Hamburger's inventory. More information on Mr. Hamburger can be found here:https://www.coinbooks.org/v20/esylum_v20n42a19.html
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