Rare Mint

197, Lot: 172. Estimate $150. Sold for $150. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Heraclius, with Heraclius Constantine. 610-641. Æ Follis (27mm, 9.367 g, 9h). Seleucia Isauriae mint, 2nd officina. Dated RY 6 or 7 (615/ or 616/7). Facing busts of Heraclius and Heraclius Constantine, cross between heads / Large M; christogram above, date across field; B/SELISU. Cf. DOC 180, 181; SB 844. VF, brown patina, some roughness on obverse.

From the J.S. Wagner Collection.

The Seleucia Isauriae mint was active between 615 and 618 to support Heraclius’ campaigns against the Sasanians.