174, Lot: 268. Estimate $75. Sold for $49. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Heraclius. 610-641. Æ Follis (25mm, 5.33 g). Cyprus mint. Dated RY 18 (627/8). Crowned and draped standing figures of Heraclius, flanked by Martina and Heraclius Constantine / Large M; monogram above, date across field (X/U/III), G/KUPR. DOC II 185 var. (arrangement of date); MIB III 198a; SB 849. VF, dark brown patina.

From the Chris Connell Collection.

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