Sale: CNG 81, Lot: 749. Estimate $300.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 20 May 2009.  Sold For $300. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SASANIAN KINGS. temp. Khosrau II. AD 591-628. Æ Follis (9.03 g, 9h). Imitating a Byzantine follis of Heraclius with Heraclius Constantine from Nicomedia mint, dated RY 13 (621/2). Uncertain Syrian mint. Struck during the Sasanian occupation of Syria, 610-629. Heraclius and Heraclius Constantine standing facing, each crowned and holding globus cruciger; trace of cross above / Large M; cross above, A/N/N X/III across field; B//OCNKO. Cf. SB 834 (for prototype); Pottier Class IV(2), 52.2; MIB X31. Near VF, black and brick-red patina.