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152, Lot: 239. Estimate $75.
Sold for $61. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Heraclius, with Martina and Heraclius Constantine. 610-641. Æ Follis (28mm, 4.71 g, 5h). Syrian mint, imitating Cyprus. Dated “RY 17”. Facing standing figures of Heraclius, Heraclius Constantine, and Martina / Large M; date across field; crude monogram above; KPPI. DOC -; MIB III X45; type of SB 849. VF, black patina, earthen highlights.

These distinctive imitative folles from "Cyprus" mint were probably struck in Syria during the campaign against the Persians in the 620s, when disordered conditions led to the production of local coinages.