610 AD - 641 AD

Heraclius   Sicilia   Imperium Byzantinum
Ηράκλειος   Σικελία   Βυζαντινή Αυτοκρατορία


Follis / Φόλλις AE 42 SHH 3472

3472 Heraclius Sicilia Follis AE

Parameter
Obverse

Reverse
Notes


Reference
20.69 g   41.5-43.3 mm   6:00 o'clock   VF
Countermark crowned draped and cuirassed bust of bearded Heraclius facing;
monogramm to right; all within oval incuse, stamped on the emperor's face.
Countermark SCLs with overbar within oval incuse, stamped below the M.
Minted in Sicily 632-641 AD;
countermarked with hinged dies on follis of Iustinianus I of Conastantinopolis (SB 163).
Ex D. Alighieri Collection.
BMC 370/383; Dumbarton Oaks II/1 241; Sear Byzantine 882