Byzantine Follis - 3RD Officina - Year 21

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Topcat7 Pillar of the Community 1121 Posts	Posted 10/07/2014 7:10 pm I have been told that this Byzantine Follis (of mine) 610 - 641 is from the 3rd Officina, year 21 featuring Heraclius. (Do I have it right?) It is AE36 and from the Constantinople mint. Report this Post to the Staff

Medieval Pillar of the Community 3772 Posts	Posted 10/07/2014 7:27 pm Looks about right, the obverse certainly matches that of some of Heraclius's coins, it is the 3rd officina (the Gamma within the M is the officina letter) and it is year 21, the "X X I" to the right of the M. As said I am pretty sure but would want to confirm it from a catalogue (and I don't have mine at hand). Not to forget that there were not too many emperor who had a reign of more than 20 years. To arrive at the common era year, subtract 1 from the regnal year and add that to the start of the reign. ie if it is Heraclius the coin dates 630. (To be 100% correct it would be the year started on the 5th October 630). Edited by Medieval 10/07/2014 7:56 pm Report this Post to the Staff
echizento Moderator United States 23731 Posts	Posted 10/07/2014 8:05 pm The coin is most likely Heraclius, this type is know to be overstruck on earlier coins. What's throwing me off a bit is the the two figures looking like they are holding possibly long Crosses and there appears to be something that looks like a few letters of a legend. This type of Heraclius Sear 810 is not like that. I guess it could be explained as whats left from an earlier coin. The reverse matches to Heraclius Sear 810. Report this Post to the Staff
Topcat7 Pillar of the Community 1121 Posts	Posted 10/07/2014 8:36 pm Thanks for the comments. A big help to me. Report this Post to the Staff
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