Byzantine Silver & Bronze
Lot 2181 Byzantine Silver & Bronze
Estimate $250
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SOLD $220
HERACLIUS, (610-641), silver hexadram or double milliarense, Constantinople mint, issued 615-638, (6.87 grams), obv. facing seated figures of Heraclius and Heraclius Constantine, each wearing chlamys and crown and holding a globe surmounted by a cross, around [dN NN hE]RACLIVS ET hERA CONSt, rev. cross potent on base above globe on three steps, around dEy[S Ad]IyTA ROMANIS, I in left field, (S.796, DOC.62, BMC 99, T.213-4, R.1387). Reverse with overstriking on a similar issue with seated Heraclius Constantine easily visible, otherwise very fine or better, rare.
Ex. Glendining's london, auction sale April 11, 1973 (lot 378 part).
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