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ID:     6222
Type:     Byzantine
Region:     BYZANTINE EMPIRE
Issuer:     Heraclius
Date Ruled:     AD 610-641
Metal:     Gold
Denomination:     Solidus
Struck / Cast:     struck
Date Struck:     AD 610-641
Diameter:     20.2 mm
Weight:     4.42 g
Die Axis:     6 h
Obverse Legend:     no legend, Heraclius between his sons, Heraclius Constantine on r. and Heraclonas on l.
Obverse Description:     All standing facing, Heraclius with long beard and mustache, Heraclonas much smaller than his father and brother and uncrowned, each figure wearing chlamys and holding globus cruciger in right, cross in field above head of Heraclonas
Reverse Legend:     VICTORIA AVGU A
Reverse Description:     Cross potent on three steps, Heraclian monogram in field to right, CONOB in exergue
Mint:     Constantinople
Primary Reference:     SBCV 758
Reference2:     DOC II part 1, 33a (but officina letter has form L)
Reference3:     MIB 39 (citing 2 specimens in the ANS collection and 2 in the Nikertai hoard)
Photograph Credit:     FORUM ANCIENT COINS
Source:     http://www.forumancientcoins.com/catalog/roman-and-greek-coins.asp?zpg=3213