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| Byzantine Empire, Constans II and Constantine IV, 13 April 654 - 15 July 668 A.D. |   | In 654, Rhodes was invaded by an Arab force; the remains of the Colossus of Rhodes were sold. |
| SH59509. Gold solidus, Wroth BMC 51 - 52, DOC II part 2, 25j (not held in the collection, refs BMC); Tolstoi 253; SBCV 959, VF, weight 4.384 g, maximum diameter 20.3 mm, die axis 180o, 10th officina, Constantinople mint, 654 - 659 A.D.; obverse d N CONSTANTINuS C CONSTANINV (or similar, blundered), facing busts of Constans & Constantine IV (beardless) each wearing crown and chlamys, cross between their heads; reverse VICTORIA AVGy I, cross potent on three steps, CONOB in exergue; $480.00 (€369.60) |
| Byzantine Empire, Heraclius & Heraclius Constantine, 23 January 613 - 11 January 641 A.D. |  | Heraclius came to power through revolt against the tyrannical Focas. He defeated the Sassanid Persians, but this only facilitated Arab conquest of Persia and the eastern Byzantine Empire. The Byzantines lost Syria and Palestine before Heraclius died and Egypt fell soon after. |
| SH56799. Gold solidus, DOC II part 1, 26j; Wroth BMC 45; Tolstoi 182; Hahn MIB 29; SBCV 749; Morrisson 34; Ratto 1369 ff. var (officina), VF, weight 4.344 g, maximum diameter 19.4 mm, die axis 180o, Constantinople mint, c. 625 - 632 A.D.; obverse dd NN hERACLIuS et hERA CONSt pp AV, facing busts of Heraclius, wearing long beard, and his son Heraclius Constantine with short beard, cross above; reverse VICTORIA AVGu I, cross potent on three steps, CONOB in ex, die crack; uncleaned; $450.00 (€346.50) |
| Gold Coins of the World: From Ancient Times To Present, 8th Edition |  | The first and only book to describe, catalog and price two millennia of gold, platinum, and palladium coin issues from across the globe. More than 21,000 individual coin listings accompanied by over 8,000 actual-size photographs. |
| BK50719. Gold Coins of the World: From Ancient Times To Present, 8th Edition, by Arthur & Ira Friedberg, hardcover, 8 3/4 x 8 1/4, 800 pages, 2009; $85.00 (€65.45) Out of Stock! |
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