Heraclius. 610-641. AV Solidus (21mm, 4.54 g, 6h). Uncertain eastern mint (Jerusalem or a mint in Syria?). Struck circa late 610-611.

CNG Feature Auction 118
Lot: 1196. Estimated: $ 3 000

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Heraclius. 610-641. AV Solidus (21mm, 4.54 g, 6h). Uncertain eastern mint (Jerusalem or a mint in Syria?). Struck circa late 610-611. [∂ N ҺЄRAC]LI-ЧS P P AVG, crowned and cuirassed bust facing, holding globus cruciger / VICTORI AVςЧ, angel standing facing, holding staff surmounted by staurogram and globus cruciger; ΙΠ//CONOB. DOC 186 (Alexandria); MIB 76 (Cyprus?); Bendall, Jerusalem 3 (Jerusalem?); SB 850 (Jerusalem). Stars scratched in field to either side of Angel’s head. EF. Extremely rare.

From the Malcolm W. Heckman Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group 100 (7 October 2015), lot 2012.

This enigmatic issue, which employs a Phocas-style portrait, must have been struck early in Heraclius’s reign prior to the arrival of the new, official imago. It is clearly the product of a subsidiary mint in the East, which also produced some solidi with facing busts of Heraclius and a young Heraclius Constantine. The traditional attribution to Jerusalem has been called into question, but a satisfactory alternative has not been put forth.

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