Description: Heraclius (610 - 642 AD). AE Follis, Constantinople mint with countermarks applied in Syracuse (Sicily). C/m: crowned facing crowned busts of Heraclius and Heraclius Constantine, cross above / c/m: SCLs, bar above, and monogram.

Diameter: AE28 mm

Weight: 7,86 g

Grade: aVF/aVF

Attribution: Cf. BCI 322; MIB Km 6; DOC 243; SB 884

Commentary: good countermark portraits, dark grey patina, some roughness

History: Constans II resided in Syracuse and planned to oermanently make it a Byzantine capital - plans which costed him his life.

Article Number: 062-04-05-45597