Description: Obverse: (Original, uppermost layer) To the l., Herakleios facing, standing, with moustache and beard, wearing military attire, and cross-topped crown, holding a cross-topped sceptre in r. hand. To the r., Constantine III facing, standing, wearing chlamys, holding globus cruciger in r. hand. A monogram of Herakleios in the l. of the field. (Countermark) To the l., bust of Herakleios facing, bearded, wearing paludamentum, and cross-topped crown. To the r., bust of Constantine III facing, unbearded, wearing paludamentum, and cross-topped crown. A cross between their heads. Reverse: (Original, uppermost layer) M. (Countermark) None.
Inscriptions: Obverse: (Original, uppermost layer) None. (Countermark) None. Reverse: (Original, uppermost layer) … NNO … XI ([Inferred] Year 21). Mint mark: … (Untranslatable mint mark). Control mark: A or Δ (1 or 4). (Countermark) None. Mint mark: SCLs.
Bibliography: (Original, uppermost layer) MIB III 164; (Countermark) MIB III Km.5
Notes: Overstruck obverse on obverse; undertype a Nikomedia follis of Herakleios and Constantine III, of uncertain year.
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