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                        Lot: 500

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                        ROMAN EMPIRE: Heraclius. AD 610-641. AV solidus (4.46 
                        gm).

                        ROMAN EMPIRE. Heraclius (AD 610-641). Gold solidus (4.46 
                        gm). Constantinople, ca. AD 629-January AD 632. dd NN 
                        hERACLIUS ET hERA CONST PP AV, crowned facing busts of 
                        Heraclius on left, with long beard, and Heraclius 
                        Constantine on right, with short beard, each wearing 
                        chlamys; above them, cross / VICTORIA AVGU D, cross 
                        potent on three steps, indictional H in right field, 
                        CONOB in exergue. Berk 124 (this coin, and illustrated 
                        on frontispiece). DO 30a. MIB 35. Sear 752. Of 
                        exceptionally fine style. Fleur de coin 

                        Ex Sotheby's, 2 November 1998, lot 207. 


                        Estimated Value: $ 3,000 




...Sold for $2,500 USD [ approx 1900 EUR, 1325 GBP ] plus 15% buyers fee. 

Gemini I Auction Closed Jan 11-12, 2005. 

Re-used by permission of Freeman & Sear (www.freemanandsear.com) 
                      and Harlan J Berk (www.harlanjberk.com).