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   View Categories Home > Catalog > |Byzantine Coins| > |Heraclean Dynasty| > |Heraclius| > BZ90140
Byzantine Empire, Heraclius, 5 October 610 - 11 January 641 A.D.
|Heraclius|, |Byzantine| |Empire,| |Heraclius,| |5| |October| |610| |-| |11| |January| |641| |A.D.|, In 618, a Persian expeditionary force under Shahrbaraz invaded Egypt and after defeating the Byzantine garrisons in the Nile Valley, occupied the province, marched across the Libyan Desert as far as Cyrene and besieged Alexandria. The defence of the city was led by Nicetas, a cousin of emperor Heraclius. Alexandria fell to the Persians in 619. Nicetas and the Chalcedonian patriarch, John V, fled to Cyprus.
BZ90140. Bronze six nummi, DOC II-1 198, Wroth BMC 309, Morrisson BnF 10/Al/AE/69, Ratto 1326, Tolstoi 118, Hahn MIB 210, Sommer 11.98, SBCV 862, VF, a little rough, Alexandria mint, weight 1.850g, maximum diameter 10.9mm, die axis 225o, 613 - 618 A.D.; obverse dd m hERACUCI (or similar, blundered), cross potent on two steps; reverse large S; ex CNG auction 233 (26 May 2010), lot 552, ex Peter Lee Collection; SOLD










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