Apparently Unique

303, Lot: 597. Estimate $100. Sold for $900. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Heraclius, with Heraclius Constantine. 610-641. Æ Follis (20mm, 3.95 g, 6h). Nicomedia mint, 2nd officina. Dated IY(?) 6 (632/3). Heraclius, on left, holding long cross, and Heraclius Constantine, on right, holding globus crucisger, standing facing; cross above / Large M; cross above, monogram to left, A/N/N/ς to right; [N]IKB. DOC –; MIBE –; SB –; Morrison –; Sommer –. VF, brown patina with a few areas of green. Apparently uniqe.

From the Bramhall Collection. Ex Robert Bridge Collection (with his ticket).

A note on Bridge’s ticket says “Kent suggests indiction 6” for RY 23 (632/3). Presumably, this refers to J.P.C. Kent, former Deputy Keeper of Coins at the British Museum.