209, Lot: 442. Estimate $150. Sold for $141. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Heraclius. 610-641. Æ Follis (41mm, 20.70 g, 5h). Sicilian mint. Struck 632-641. Countermarked on a follis of Justinian I, Constantinople mint (SB 163): crowned facing bust of Heraclius, monogram to right; all within circular punch / SCL[s] within circular punch. Cf. DOC 241c (same c/m over coins of Justinian with profile bust); SB 882. Host coin Good Fine, c/m VF, rough green patina. Rare over a follis with facing bust.

From the D. Alighieri Collection.