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Up for auction is a Byzantine Follis coin of Heraclius and Heraclius C. from 610-641 AD
ID#844h (UK)
MINT: Alexandria
OBVERSE; UNKNOWN
- Two busts facing, cross potent between them.
REVERSE; I-B
- Cross-on-triangle between letters.
Reference: SBV 858-859
Heraclius
610-641
Heraclius saved the Empire from utter destruction by the Persians and laid the foundations of the Medieval Byzantine State. Unfortunately, he lived to witness the beginnings of the Arab onslaught which would undo much of his work.