CNG 100, Lot: 297. Estimate $500. Sold for $300. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Heraclius, with Heraclius Constantine. 610-641. AV “Solidus” (21mm, 1.94 g, 3h). Contemporary imitation of a Constantinople mint issue. Crowned and draped facing busts of Heraclius and Constantine; cross above, degraded legends around / Cross potent set on three steps; degraded legends around. VF, ding on reverse, edge irregularity at 11 o’clock, possibly the result of having been mounted in antiquity.

From the collection of Dr. Lawrence A. Adams.