168, Lot: 289. Estimate $100. Sold for $93. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Heraclius. 610-641. Æ Follis (24mm, 4.77 g). Cyprus mint. Dated RY 18 (626/7). Heraclius, flanked by Martina and Heraclius Constantine / Large M; monogram above, date flanking, G/KUPR. DOC II 185; SB 849. VF, green and brown patina.

The illustration in Sear of 849 is in fact one of the ubiquitous Syrian imitations of the Cyprus issue.