133, Lot: 273. Estimate $75. Sold for $150. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

HERACLIUS. 610-641 AD. Æ Pentanummium (14mm, 2.77g, 7h). Catania mint. Struck 610-623 AD. Diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Large V between two stars; CAT in exergue. DOC II 260 note; MIB III 242; SB 887. VF, green patina, copper shows through at places on reverse. Rare.

Neither the British Museum nor the Bibliotèque Nationale has this rare issue.