CNG 100, Lot: 2014. Estimate $300. Sold for $475. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Heraclius, with Heraclius Constantine. 610-641. AV Solidus (13mm, 4.47 g, 6h). Carthage mint. Dated IY 10 (621/2) and 15 (626/7). Crowned and draped facing busts of Heraclius and Heraclius Constantine; cross above, I at end of legend / Cross potent set on two steps; IЄ//CONOB. Cf. DOC (217); cf. MIB 84a¹⁶; SB 867. Good VF.

While hybrid dates are quite common in the Carthaginian series, they almost always combine dies of successive years. In this case, the engraver must have mistakenly omitted the final Є in the date on the obverse, rather than the mint employing a five year old die.