CNG 90, Lot: 1793. Estimate $3000. Sold for $5000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Revolt of the Heraclii. 608-610. Æ Decanummium (18mm, 3.55 g, 12h). Uncertain mint in Cyprus. Dated IY 14 (immobilized). Facing draped busts of Heraclius and the Exarch Heraclius; cross between / Large I; cross above, A/N/N/O X/IIII (date) across field; KYΠ. DOC p. 208; MIBE 19 (this coin illustrated); SB -. Near EF, dark brown patina, minor roughness on the reverse. Extremely rare.

Property of Princeton Economics acquired by Martin Armstrong. Ex Sotheby’s New York (2 November 1998), lot 191; Sternberg VIII (16 November 1978), lot 821.