Sale: CNG 67, Lot: 1868. Estimate $200.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 22 September 2004.  Sold For $525. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

HERACLIUS, with HERACLIUS CONSTANTINE. 610-641 AD. Æ Follis (5.06 gm). Constantinople mint. Uncertain date, struck after 629 AD. Heraclius, holding long cross, and Heraclius Constantine, holding globus cruciger, standing facing / Large M; details obscured by overstriking. DOC II 105; MIB III 164; SB 810. VF, dark green patina. Overstruck on a follis of Galerius, 305-311 AD, with reverse GENIO AVGVSTI and Genius standing left. ($200)

Intriguing specimen showing that the imperial mint was unconcerned with what came through the doors for restriking; a 300 year old coin was as useful as any.