SH70018. Gold solidus, DOC II-1 13d; Sommer 11.9.2; Tolstoi 138; Morrisson BnF 16; Hahn MIB 11; SBCV 738; Ratto -; Wroth BMC -, aEF, well centered, part of obverse legend unstruck, 5th officina, Constantinople (Istanbul, Turkey) mint, weight 4.337g, maximum diameter 20.6mm, die axis 180
o, c. 613 - 625 A.D.; obverse dd NN hERACLIUS ET hERA CONST P P AVG, facing busts of Heraclius, on left with short beard, and his son Heraclius Constantine, beardless and smaller, each wearing a simple crown with cross on circlet, cross between them above; reverse VICTORIA AVGu E (victory of the Emperor, 5th officina), cross potent on three steps, CONOB in exergue, graffiti in fields;
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