Rare Jerusalem Mint Follis

Triton XV, Lot: 1591. Estimate $2000. Sold for $2750. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Heraclius. 610-641. Æ Follis (33mm, 14.29 g, 6h). Jerusalem mint. Dated RY 4 (613/4). [D n Һ]ЄRAC L’ PP AV[C], crowned facing bust, wearing consular robes and holding mappa and eagle-tipped scepter / Large M; [cross above], [A/N]/N/O-II/II (date) across field; IЄPOCOS (S retrograde). DOC -; Bendall, Jerusalem, 1 = MIB pl. 14, X28 (same obv. die as illustration); SB 852B (same dies as illustration). Near VF, dark green-brown patina, light earthen deposits. Very rare.