Struck During the Sasanian Occupation of Syria

333, Lot: 169. Estimate $200. Sold for $340. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SASANIAN KINGS. temp. Husrav (Khosrau) II. AD 590-628. Æ Follis (29mm, 10.17 g, 6h). Imitating a Byzantine follis of Heraclius with Heraclius Constantine. Uncertain Syrian mint. Struck during the Sasanian occupation of Syria, 610-629. Heraclius and Heraclius Constantine standing facing, each crowned and holding globus cruciger; cross above / Large M; cross above, A/И/И/O X/IIII to left and right; A//τИЄЧC (τ retrograde). Pottier Class IV(2), 59.1 (same dies). Good VF, black desert patina. Scarce.