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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 1638886, member: 19463&quot;]I fail to understand this issue.&nbsp; Sear Byzantine page 163 covers it as #855 attributing it to &quot;Khusru II, King of Persia?&quot; including the question mark.&nbsp; There is also #856 which is noted as heavier and including a crescent with the cross on top of the portrait.&nbsp;&nbsp; Before it is #853 showing Heraclius bearded with Heraclius Constantine with two step cross potent between them and a bungled obverse legend.&nbsp;&nbsp; Following is #857 with <i>short</i> beard (italics are Sear&#039;s) and three steps on the cross and no obverse legend.&nbsp; </p><p>[ATTACH]235516.vB[/ATTACH]</p><p>My coin lacks the cross between but has short beard and a pretty good legend naming Heraclius.&nbsp; I have no idea where it fits in the scheme of things.&nbsp; The boy&#039;s portrait is something of a stick figure opening the possibility that the coin is unofficial but all this requires an understanding of the coins I do not have.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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