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Byzantine Gold Coins

Byzantine gold coins are still remarkably affordable. Types with the bust of Christ are very popular. FORVM trys to keep gold coins of Christ in stock, but sometimes demand exceeds supply.

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

SH56783. Gold solidus, Hahn MIB 11; Morrisson BN 19; Ratto 1365; Tolstoi 157; SBCV 738; DOC II part 1, 13i var (pellet in right field), VF, graffiti, weight 4.411 g, maximum diameter 19.1 mm, die axis 195^o, 10th officina, Constantinople mint, c. 616 - 625 A.D.; obverse D N N hERACILUS ET hERA CONST PP AV, facing busts of Heraclius and his son Heraclius Constantine, cross above; reverse VICTORIA AVGY I, cross potent on three steps, CONOB in ex, graffiti: Z - X across field, KAPA... below mint mark; $540.00 (�415.80)

Byzantine Empire, Focas, 23 November 602 - 5 October 610 A.D.
	In 610, Gundemar succeeded Witteric as king of the Visigoths and the Avars tried to invade Italy.

SH56795. Gold solidus, DOC II part 1, 10j; SBCV 620, VF, wavy flan, graffiti on obv, weight 4.316 g, maximum diameter 21.8 mm, die axis 180^o, 10th officina, Constantinople mint, 607 - 610 A.D.; obverse d N FOCAS PERP AVG, draped and cuirassed bust facing, wearing crown without pendilia and holding cross in raised right; reverse VICTORIA AVGu I, angel standing facing, staurogram staff in right, globus cruciger in left, CONOB in ex; $540.00 (�415.80)

Byzantine Empire, Heraclius, Heraclius Constantine, and Heraclonas, 632 - 641 A.D.
	In 632, Heraclonas, Heraclius younger son, was designated Caesar and added to the coinage. Heraclonas was seven years old. The Heraclian monogram on the reverse replaces the more typical obverse inscription.

SH56803. Gold solidus, DOC II part 1, 43e; Wroth BMC 67; Tolstoi 396; Ratto 1490; Morrisson 70; Hahn MIB 50; SBCV 769, gVF, weight 4.637 g, maximum diameter 19.5 mm, die axis 180^o, 6th officina, Constantinople mint, 639(?) - 641; obverse Heraclius with long beard and mustache between his sons, Heraclonas on left and Heraclius Constantine on right, all stand facing, each wears crown and chlamys and holds globus cruciger in right; reverse VICTORIA AVGu S, cross potent on three steps, Heraclian monogram left, no symbol right, CONOB in ex; $525.00 (�404.25)

Byzantine Empire, Heraclius, Heraclius Constantine, and Heraclonas, 632 - 641 A.D.
	In 632, Heraclonas, Heraclius younger son, was designated Caesar and added to the coinage. Heraclonas was seven years old. The Heraclian monogram on the reverse replaces the more typical obverse inscription.

SH56779. Gold solidus, Morrisson 67; Ratto 1488; DOC II part 1, 43a (no examples in the collection, references Ratto 1488); Hahn MIB 50; SBCV 769; Wroth BMC -, gVF, weight 4.352 g, maximum diameter 20.1 mm, die axis 180^o, 2nd officina, Constantinople mint, 639(?) - 641; obverse Heraclius with long beard and mustache between his sons, Heraclonas on left and Heraclius Constantine on right, all stand facing, each wears crown and chlamys and holds globus cruciger in right; reverse VICTORIA AVGu B, cross potent on three steps, Heraclian monogram left, no symbol right, CONOB in ex; $485.00 (�373.45)

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 180^o, 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 180^o, 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)

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REFERENCES

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Hahn, W. Moneta Imperii Byzantini. (Vienna, 1973-81).
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Hennequin, G. Catalogue des monnaies musulmanes de la Bibliotheque Nationale. (Paris, 1985).
Morrisson, C. Catalogue des Monnaies Byzantines de la Biblioth�que Nationale. (Paris, 1970).
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Ratto, R. Monnaies Byzantines et d'autre Pays contemporaines � l'�poque byzantine. (Lugano, 1930).
Tolstoi, I. Monnaies byzantines. (St. Petersburg, 1913 - 14).
Wroth, W. Catalogue of the Imperial Byzantine Coins in the British Museum. (London, 1908).
Wroth, W. Catalogue of the Coins of the Vandals, Ostrogoths, Lombards and of the Empires of Thessalonica, Nicaea, and Trebizond in the British Museum. (London, 1911).

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