SH70025. Gold solidus, Ratto 1364; DOC II 13h (not in the collection, refs Ratto); Hahn MIB 11; Sommer 11.9; SBCV 738; Tolstoi -; Wroth BMC -; Morrisson BnF -, aEF, uneven strike with unstruck area, 9th officina, Constantinople (Istanbul, Turkey) mint, weight 4.280g, maximum diameter 20.1mm, die axis 180
o, c. 616 - 625 A.D.; obverse dd NN hERACLIVS ET hERA C[...], 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 Θ (victory of the Emperor, 9th officina), cross potent on three steps, CONOB in exergue;
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