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    View Categories Home > Catalog > |Byzantine Coins| > |Heraclean Dynasty| > |Heraclius| > BZ49311
Byzantine Empire, Heraclius, 5 October 610 - 11 January 641 A.D., Justinian I Undertype
|Heraclius|, |Byzantine| |Empire,| |Heraclius,| |5| |October| |610| |-| |11| |January| |641| |A.D.,| |Justinian| |I| |Undertype|, These Heraclius countermark/overstrikes were used on early, large folles of Anastasius to Justinian. The purpose is uncertain. Later, c. 631 and 638 A.D., of Heraclius and Heraclius Constantine folles were countermarked, possibly in conjunction with clipping even before the coins entered circulation.
BZ49311. Bronze follis, DOC II-1 241b; Anastasi 33b; SBCV 882; undertype: SBCV 160 (or similar, Justinian I), coin: Fair; countermarks: VF, countermark: Syracuse mint, weight 14.504g, maximum diameter 32.4mm, die axis 180o, c. 616 - 624 A.D.; obverse D N IVSTI-[ANVS P P AVG], laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust of Justinian I right; countermark: facing bust of Heraclius and his monogram within round punch; reverse large M (40 nummi), cross above, star left, star right; countermark over mintmark: SCLS in oval punch; SOLD










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