Watch List notes:

Heraclius. Follis; Heraclius; 610-641 AD. Jerusalem, Year 4 = 613/4 AD, Follis, 12.67g. MIB-pl.14, Berk-581. Obv: d h hERA[C] - L' P P AVG Crowned bust facing, with pointed beard, wearing consular robes, and holding mappa and eagle-tipped scepter. Rx: Large M between A/N/N/O and II/II, cross above, X[CNI]KA in exergue. The letters KA at the end of the mintmark are in high relief and look more like KO. Might our mintmark XCNIKA have been engraved over an earlier IEPOCO' (Jerusalem), the other known mintmark in this small issue of folles struck at Jerusalem?.This is an extremely rare and relevant issue. Much rarer than the other known type. This coin was minted by Heraclius during a brief occupation by Romans in 618/9 during a local conflict between the Jews and the Sassanians. F