108, Lot: 316. Estimate $250. Sold for $395. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

HERACLIUS. 610-641 AD. AV Solidus (21mm, 4.48 gm, 7h). Constantinople mint. Struck 610 AD? Draped and cuirassed facing bust, holding globus cruciger and wearing crown with high plume and central cross / Cross potent on two steps; I/CONOB. DOC II 1b; MIB III 1a2; SB 729. EF, weak strike on edge. Rare variety, probably from the first year of Heraclius' official reign; rarity not reflected in the Sear valuation.