Heraclius, with Heraclius Constantine, 610-641. Follis (Bronze, 31 mm, 12.20 g, 1 h), Constantinopolis, RY 3 or 4 = 612/3 or 613/4. [...] ЄT ҺЄRA CON[...] Heraclius, on the left, and Heraclius Constantine, smaller and on the right, standing facing, each wearing crown with cross; Heraclius, with short beard, wears a military dress and holds a long cross in his right and Victory, who crowns him, in his left; Heraclius Constantine wears a chlamys and holds a globus cruciger in his right hand.
Rev. Large M between A/N/N/O and II/I[...]; above Chi-Rho; below, Δ; in exergue, CON. DOC 76-83. MIB159-160. SB 805. Minor corrosion and with heavy traces of overstriking
, otherwise, very fine.
From a European collection, formed before 2005.
This coin was struck over a follis of Maurice Tiberius from Theoupolis (Antioch), dated to the seventh year of his reign (DOC 159, MIB 94ff and SB 532). Substantial elements of the undertype remain discernible. On the obverse, the regnal year 'RY 7' (corresponding to 588/9) is clearly visible in the lower left field, while on the reverse, one can still make out the drapery of the emperor, the eagle-tipped scepter held in his left hand, and portions of the original legend.
