Arab-Byzantine. AE Fals. Type B (Three standing figures)

Arab-Byzantine. AE Fals. Type B (Three standing figures)

Lot 835 · Consigned by CoinsLegacy

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Description

Arab-Byzantine, pre-reform period. Early pseudo-Byzantine coinage. AE fals (bronze, 6g, 24mm), Type B (“Three Standing Figures”), imitating a Cypriot mint issue of Heraclius, with Martina and Heraclius Constantine. Uncertain mint, struck circa 630s or slightly later. Rare

Obverse: Three standing imperial figures, each holding globus cruciger

Reverse: Large M; monogram above, A/N/N/o X/Ч/II across field, Γ below, KVΠP in exergue

Ref : Cf. Album 3501; cf. SB 849 (for prototype); cf. Stephan Album, Auction 19, Lot 287