147, Lot: 513. Estimate $100. Sold for $222. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Heraclius. 610-641. Æ Follis (26mm, 5.40 g). Syrian mint. Dated RY 17 (626/7). Heraclius, Heraclius Constantine, and Martina standing facing, each holding cross / Large M, cross above; G/KVPP. DOC II 184a (Cyprus); SB 849 (Constantia? in Cyprus). VF, dark green patina with earthen highlights.

From the Henry Chitwood Collection.

These distinctive imitative folles from "Cyprus" and "Constantinople" mints were probably struck in Syria during the campaign against the Persians in the 620s, when disordered conditions led to the production of local coinages. Although relatively scarce today, they must have been struck in vast quantities.