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Byzantine Empire, Heraclius & Heraclius Constantine, 23 January 613 - 11 January 641 A.D.
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SH56802. Gold solidus, DOC II part 1, 9a; Wroth BMC -; Tolstoi 140 - 141; Ratto 1361; Morrisson 14; Hahn MIB 9; SBCV 736, gVF, graffiti, 5th officina, Constantinople mint, weight 4.373g, maximum diameter 21.4mm, die axis 180o, c. 616 - 625 A.D.; obverse dd NN hERACLIuS et hERA CONSt pp AVG, facing busts of Heraclius, with short beard, and his son Heraclius Constantine, beardless, much smaller, cross above; reverse VICTORIA AVGu E, cross potent on three steps, N right, CONOB in ex; $645.00
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