★ Revolt of the Heraclii ★

Revolt of the Heraclii AD 608-610. Dated IY 14?=AD 610. Alexandria. 1st officina
Follis Æ

29mm., 8,01g.

[∂] m N ЄRAC[LIO CONSЧL]II, facing busts of Heraclius, on left, and his father, the exarch Heraclius, on right, both crowned and wearing consular robes, cross above / Large M, cross above, A-N-N-O X-I[III?] (date) across field, A below, [AΛЄξANΔ in exergue].

very fine

Cf. DOC 17 (Alexandretta); cf. MIBE 16b; cf. Sear 723 (Alexandretta). From The Tareq Hani collection

A remarkable and very rare example