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BYZ30 - BYZANTINE, Tiberius II Constantine (578-582 A.D.), Gold Solidus, 4.48g., Constantinople mint, second officina, d m TIb CONS TANT PP AVI, crowned and cuirassed facing bust, holding globus crucifer and shield, rev.,  VICTORIA AVGG, cross potent on four steps; B/CONOB,  (S.422), good extremely fine. $575 SOLD

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SZ185 - BYZANTINE, Heraclius, with Heraclius Constantine (610-641), Æ Follis, 11.36g., Sicilian mint, struck 632-641. countermarked on an overstruck follis of Anastasius, Constantinople mint: crowned facing bust of Heraclius and monogram, rev.,  SCLs, (DOC 241; MBBS 14; MIB pl. 18, Km 4; S.882; overstruck on S.19), good very fine, green patina, well centered clear overstrikes. $225

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DD49 - Heraclius (610-641 A.D.), Gold Semis, 2.12g., Constantinople mint, 10th(?) officina, struck 610-613(?), pearl-diademed, draped, and cuirassed beardless bust right, rev., cross potent on globe; I(?), (DOC 51; S.784), nearly very fine, graffiti in fields both sides. $185 SOLD

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SZ148 - Heraclius (610-641 A.D.), Gold Solidus, 4.38g., Constantinople mint, Tenth Officina, struck 613-616 A.D., DD NN HERACLIUS ET HERA CONST PP AV, crowned facing busts of Heraclius and Heraclius Constantine, both draped and their crowns decorated, REV., VICTORIA AVGV I, cross on steps,  CONOB in exergue, (DOC II 8j; MIB 8a; SB 734), very fine. $395  SOLD

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G507 - Justin I (518-527), Æ Pentanummium, 2.58g., Constantinople mint, 1st officina, struck c.612, pearl-diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust right, rev., large Christogram; Α Є, (S.77), very fine. $45 SOLD

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GF126 - Constantine VII Porphyrogenitus, with Zoe (913-959), Æ Follis, 6.25g., Constantinople mint, struck 914-919, Crowned facing busts of Constantine, beardless and wearing loros, and Zoe, draped, holding patriarchal cross between them, rev., +COnSTAnTInO CE ZOH bASILIS ROmEOn in five lines across field, (DOC 22; S,1758), extremely fine, black-green patina, superb! $345 SOLD

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GFAU6 - Constans II, with Constantine IV (A.D. 641-668), Gold Solidus, 4.44g., Constantinople mint, 3rd officina, struck A.D. 654-659. ∂ N CONSτAN-S C CONSτANτ’, crowned and draped busts facing of Constans, to left, and Constantine, to right; cross above, rev., VICTORIA AVGЧ Γ, cross potent on three steps, CONOB in exergue, (DOC 25c; MIB 26; S.959), practically as struck, superb! $695 SOLD

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GFAU4 - Maurice Tiberius (A.D. 582-602), Gold Solidus, 4.47g., Theoupolis (Antioch) mint, 5th officina, pearl-diademed, helmeted, and cuirassed facing bust, holding globus cruciger, rev., angel standing facing, holding staff terminating in Christogram and globus cruciger, CONOB in exergue, (DOC I 149d; S.524), extremely fine. $595 SOLD

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GFAU5 - Heraclius, with Heraclius Constantine and Heraclonas (A.D. 610-641), Gold Solidus, 4.48g., Constantinople mint, 4th officina, struck circa 638/9, Heraclius, Heraclius Constantine, and Heraclonas standing facing, each holding globus cruciger, rev., VICTORIA AVGЧ Δ, cross potent on three steps; monogram in left and right field; CONOB, (DOC 41; MIB 48; S.767), practically as struck, lustrous, superb! $695 SOLD

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GFAU3 - Justin I (A.D. 518-527), Gold Tremissis, Constantinople mint, D N IVSTI NVS PP AVG, diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust right, rev., VICTORIA AVGVSTORVM, Victory walking right, head left, holding wreath and globus cruciger; * in field right, CONOB in exergue, (DOC I 4; MIB I 5; S.58), good extremely fine. $575 SOLD