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  [Image]                              Item Sold At Auction #42
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                  Lot Number: 65025
                  Estimate: $100.00
                  Final Sale Price: $71.50
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                  Denomination: Follis
                  Grade: Good VF dark brown and earthen-green patina
                  Reference: DOC II 73a; SB 665




  Heraclius. 610-641 AD. Æ Follis (11.00 gm). Constantinople mint. Year 3 (612/613 AD).
  Heraclius and Heraclius Constantine standing facing, each holding globus cruciger;
  cross above / Large M, cross above; B/CON. DOC II 79ff; SB 805. Over-struck on a
  follis of Phocas, Year 4 (605/606 AD). Cyzicus mint. Crowned facing bust, holding
  mappa and cross / Large XXXX, date; /KYZ A. DOC II 73a; SB 665. Good VF, over VF
  coin, dark brown and earthen-green patina. Estimate $100.



  This coin is a dramatic, dual-mint overstrike. The undertype is plainly visible for
  identification purposes, and both types possess a full date and officinae. The
  balance in visual quality of the two strikes is almost equal, neither one effacing
  the other.