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   View Categories Home > Catalog > |Byzantine Coins| > |Heraclean Dynasty| > |Heraclius| > BZ02213
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.|, In September 629, Jerusalem was reconquered by the Byzantines from the Persian Empire. On 21 March 630, Heraclius returned the True Cross, one of the holiest Christian relics, to Jerusalem. Heraclius issued a decree that all Jews must become Christian; a massacre followed around Jerusalem and in Galilee, some survivors fled to the Daraa area.
BZ02213. Bronze follis, DOC II-1 106a; Wroth BMC 153; Tolstoi 246; Ratto 1413; Hahn MIB 164b; Sommer 11.58; SBCV 810; Morrisson BnF -, F, well centered, green patina with brassy high points, overstruck with strong undertype effects, 1st officina, Constantinople (Istanbul, Turkey) mint, weight 10.88g, maximum diameter 33.0mm, die axis 180o, 630 - 631 A.D.; obverse Heraclius in military dress holding long cross on left, Heraclius Constantine in chlamys holding globus cruciger on right; reverse large M (40 nummi), cross over C above, ANNO left, X/X/I right (regnal year 21), A below (1st officina), CON (Constantinople) in exergue; SOLD











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