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  [Image]                              Item Sold At Auction #38
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                 Lot Number: 64339
                 Estimate: $75.00
                 Final Sale Price: $46.20
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                 Denomination: Follis
                 Grade: EF host coin VF, green patina
                 Reference: DOC II 243; MIB III pl. 18; SB 884




  Heraclius. 610-641 AD. Æ Follis (5.31 gm). Syracuse mint. 632-641 AD. Countermarked
  issue: crowned busts of Heraclius (long beard) and son / Monogram and SC; countermark
  on a Constantinopolitan follis of Heraclius, uncertain year and officina. DOC II 243;
  MIB III pl. 18; SB 884. Countermark EF, dark green patina. Estimate $75.

  Ex Italo Vecchi Ltd. Auction 17 (15 December 1999), lot 1306.






Online auction number 38 closed September 24, 2001.



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