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Heraclius, with Heraclius Constantine, AV Solidus. Carthage(?), circa AD 612-627. D N N ҺЄRACLIVS ЄT ҺЄRA CONST P P, crowned and draped facing busts of Heraclius and Heraclius Constantine, trefoils on circlets; cross above / VICTORIA AVςЧ A, cross potent on three steps; CONOB in exergue. Cf. MIB 92a.1; cf. DOC 204; cf. Sear 867. 4.42g, 20mm, 7h.
Extremely Fine. Apparently unique and unpublished.
From a private English collection.
The details of the busts on the obverse and the wide base step on the reverse are typical of the Carthaginian globular solidi (see DOC 204), however, it is highly unlikely that Carthage produced broad flan solidi simultaneously to the more globular issue (see Sear p. 186 and DOC p. 43). There are various theories for this issue, one of which is that it might have been struck at Carthage for circulation beyond the city among the larger solidi.
Extremely Fine. Apparently unique and unpublished.
From a private English collection.
The details of the busts on the obverse and the wide base step on the reverse are typical of the Carthaginian globular solidi (see DOC 204), however, it is highly unlikely that Carthage produced broad flan solidi simultaneously to the more globular issue (see Sear p. 186 and DOC p. 43). There are various theories for this issue, one of which is that it might have been struck at Carthage for circulation beyond the city among the larger solidi.