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40 nummi (follis) of Heraclius
Byzantine
Early Byzantine Period
A.D. 612–613
Mint: Nicomedia
Medium/Technique
Bronze
Dimensions
Diameter: 28 mm. Weight: 12.31 gm. Die Axis: 6
Credit Line
Hay Collection—Gift of C. Granville Way
Accession Number72.4854
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Ancient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
DescriptionObverse: draped and cuirassed bust of Heraclius facing, with short beard, wearing helmet and holding globus cruciger in right hand.
Legend: iilegible
Reverse : M between ANNO and III (representing regnal year).
Cross above Monogram below
In exergue: NIKO(?)
Overstruck on an uncertain undertype,
Legend: iilegible
Reverse : M between ANNO and III (representing regnal year).
Cross above Monogram below
In exergue: NIKO(?)
Overstruck on an uncertain undertype,
ProvenanceBy 1836: Robert Hay Collection, Linplum, Scotland; 1863: to his son, Robert James Alexander Hay; 1868-1872: Way Collection, Boston (purchased by Samuel A. Way through London dealers Rollin and Feuardent, 27 Haymarket); 1872: given to the MFA by Samuel's son, C. Granville Way.