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Home ▸ Catalog ▸ |Byzantine Coins| ▸ |Heraclean Dynasty| ▸ |Heraclius||View Options:  |  |  |     
Heraclius, 5 October 610 - 11 January 641 A.D.

Joint rule with Heraclius Constantine (his son), 23 January 613 - 3 July 638 A.D.
Joint rule with Heraclius Constantine and Heraclonas (his sons), 4 July 638 - 11 January 641 A.D.
Heraclius came to power in 610 following a successful revolt in North Africa against the tyrannical rule of the Emperor Focas. His son Heraclius Constantine was elevated to joint rule in 613 A.D. Heraclius' most spectacular military achievement was the total defeat of Rome's old enemy on the eastern frontier, the Sassanid Persians. Unfortunately, this only facilitated the Arab conquest of Persia and the eastern provinces of the Byzantine Empire. The Byzantines lost Syria and Palestine before Heraclius died in early 641 A.D. and Egypt fell to the Arabs soon after.

Byzantine Empire, Constans II with Constantine IV, Heraclius and Tiberius (his sons), 2 June 659 - 15 July 668 A.D.

|Constans| |II|, |Byzantine| |Empire,| |Constans| |II| |with| |Constantine| |IV,| |Heraclius| |and| |Tiberius| |(his| |sons),| |2| |June| |659| |-| |15| |July| |668| |A.D.||follis|
In 660, Constans II, paranoid about the ambitions of his younger brother, Theodosius, had him murdered. Hated by the citizens of Constantinople, Constans decided to move the capital to Syracuse, Sicily. Although the date is mostly off the flan, the I left can only be year 19 (IT). Curiously, this type sometimes includes the officina number on both the obverse and reverse and the numbers do not always match.BZ93531. Bronze follis, DOC II-2 86d, Morrisson BnF 13/Cp/AE/29, Wroth BMC 199, Tolstoi 349, Hahn MIB III 175, Sommer 12.55, SBCV 1011, Ratto -, aVF/F, ragged tight flan, weak reverse strike, marks, light deposits, weight 4.432 g, maximum diameter 22.8 mm, die axis 0o, Constantinople (Istanbul, Turkey) mint, 659 - 665 A.D.; obverse Constans standing facing, with long beard, wearing helmet, long cross in right, left hand on hip, I/Θ (year 19) in left field, cross above M (40 nummi) over officina letter (off flan) in right field; reverse Constantine IV, Heraclius and Tiberius standing facing, each wearing crown with cross and chlamys, each holding globus cruciger in right hand; from the Errett Bishop Collection; scarce; SOLD


Byzantine Empire, Heraclius & Heraclius Constantine, 23 January 613 - 11 January 641 A.D.

|Heraclius|, |Byzantine| |Empire,| |Heraclius| |&| |Heraclius| |Constantine,| |23| |January| |613| |-| |11| |January| |641| |A.D.||follis|
In 626, Constantinople was under siege by horde of about 80,000 Avars, Slavs, Bulgars, and other "barbarians" and a small Persian army allied with them. On 31 July, the barbarian and Persian allies launched an attack along the entire 5.7 kilometer length of the Theodosian Walls using the most current trebuchets, mobile armored shelters, and siege towers. On the walls, 12,000 well-trained Byzantine troops fought fiercely, holding off assault after assault. On 7 August the Persian fleet was destroyed while ferrying reinforcements. The Avars, having suffered terrible losses, and short of food and supplies, burned their siege engines and retreated to the Balkan Peninsula. Constantinople was saved.BZ111694. Bronze follis, DOC II-1 184a corr. (scepter vice gl. cr.); Tolstoi 358; Morrisson BnF 10/Ch/AD/01; Hahn MIB 198a-; Sear 849; Wroth BMC -; Ratto - ; Sommer -, F, dark patina, light deposits, weight 4.135 g, maximum diameter 28.0 mm, die axis 180o, 3rd offficina, Cyprus mint, 626 - 627 A.D.; obverse empress Martina, Heraclius, and Heraclius Constantine standing facing, each holding cross topped scepter in right hand; reverse large M (40 nummi), cross above, ANNO left, X/U/II (year 17) right, Γ (3rd officina) below, KVΠP (Cyprus) in exergue; scarce; SOLD


|Heraclius|, |Byzantine| |Empire,| |Heraclius| |&| |Heraclius| |Constantine,| |23| |January| |613| |-| |11| |January| |641| |A.D.||follis|
In 613, Heraclius appointed himself commander-in-chief, along with his brother Theodore (curopalates), to solidify command of the army. Heraclius mobilized a Byzantine expeditionary force to Antioch (Syria), but was completely defeated outside the city by the Persians. Shahin Vahmanzadegan makes further inroads into Central and Western Anatolia. In Syria, Shahrbaraz captures the cities of Damascus, Apamea and Emesa.BZ36623. Bronze follis, DOC II-1 76a; Morrisson BnF 10/Cp/AE/14; Wroth BMC 116; Tolstoi 226; Ratto 1394; Hahn MIB 160b; Sommer 11.53; SBCV 805, aVF, overstruck, weight 12.552 g, maximum diameter 33.9 mm, die axis 180o, 1st officina, Constantinople (Istanbul, Turkey) mint, 613 A.D.; obverse dd NN hERACLIuS Et hERA CONSt PP A, Heraclius on left, Heraclius Constantine on right, each in chlamys holding globus cruciger in right, cross between heads; reverse large M (40 nummi), chi rho Christogram above, ANNO left, III (year 3) right, A (1st officina) below, CON (Constantinople) in exergue; interesting overstrike making a curious date, well centered on a large flan, black patina; SOLD


Byzantine Empire, Heraclius & Heraclius Constantine, 23 January 613 - 11 January 641 A.D., Countermarked in Sicily

|Heraclius|, |Byzantine| |Empire,| |Heraclius| |&| |Heraclius| |Constantine,| |23| |January| |613| |-| |11| |January| |641| |A.D.,| |Countermarked| |in| |Sicily||follis|
BZ47785. Bronze follis, Anastasi 65a, DOC II 242, SBCV 883; Sicilian countermarks applied on a Constantinople follis, VF, weight 8.227 g, maximum diameter 30.5 mm, die axis 225o, uncertain Sicilian mint, 630 - 638 A.D.; obverse SCL within oval punch over lower part of standing figures on original coin; reverse facing crowned and draped busts of Heraclius (on left) and Heraclius Constantine, cross between their heads, within oval punch over M on original coin; [AN]NO left, Γ below M and CON mint mark from original coin; sharp detail but still obscure due to the crude nature of the type, partly uncleaned; rare; SOLD


|Heraclius|, |Byzantine| |Empire,| |Heraclius,| |5| |October| |610| |-| |11| |January| |641| |A.D.||follis|
BZ54057. Bronze follis, DOC II-1 168a; SBCV 839, gF, weight 11.254 g, maximum diameter 29.8 mm, die axis 180o, 1st officina, Cyzicus (Kapu Dagh, Turkey) mint, 611 - 612 A.D.; obverse d N hERACLI PERP AVG, helmeted and cuirassed bust facing, short beard, cross in right, shield in left; reverse large M (40 nummi) between A/N/N/O and II (regnal year 2), cross above, A below, KYZ (Kyzikos) in exergue; ex Baldwin's; scarce; SOLD



    




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