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<p>[QUOTE="Sulla80, post: 7838418, member: 99456"]Nice "bubble gum" coins [USER=91461]@Ryro[/USER], [USER=87200]@ancient coin hunter[/USER], and [USER=41219]@furryfrog02[/USER] "a glorious mess" <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />. [USER=19463]@dougsmit[/USER], I am pleased to own your duplicate, both are nice coins. I expect that you are safely in the lead on attractive provenance.</p><p><br /></p><p>There are some questions around the recovery by Heraclius. (see Zuckerman cited below). There are pieces/fragments around the world, including one that the <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/apr/16/notre-dame-fire-fears-over-fate-of-cathedrals-treasures" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/apr/16/notre-dame-fire-fears-over-fate-of-cathedrals-treasures" rel="nofollow">Guardian reports</a> was saved from the fire in Notre Dame, Paris. </p><p><br /></p><p>Constantin Zuckerman (2013). <a href="https://www.academia.edu/10124428/Heraclius_and_the_return_of_the_Holy_Cross" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.academia.edu/10124428/Heraclius_and_the_return_of_the_Holy_Cross" rel="nofollow">Heraclius and the return of the Holy Cross</a>. Constructing the Seventh Century. Travaux et mémoires (17). Paris: Association des amis du Centre d'histoire et civilisation de Byzance. pp. 197–218.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here's an illustration of the change in intrinsic value of a coin from Justinian to Heraclius. Both coins are Æ Follis or 40 Nummi. One could mint 3 of the OP Heraclius from the one Justinian (<b>AD 541</b> RY 15: 21g v. <b>AD 630</b> RY 21: 6.42g).</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1347884[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Sulla80, post: 7838418, member: 99456"]Nice "bubble gum" coins [USER=91461]@Ryro[/USER], [USER=87200]@ancient coin hunter[/USER], and [USER=41219]@furryfrog02[/USER] "a glorious mess" :). [USER=19463]@dougsmit[/USER], I am pleased to own your duplicate, both are nice coins. I expect that you are safely in the lead on attractive provenance. There are some questions around the recovery by Heraclius. (see Zuckerman cited below). There are pieces/fragments around the world, including one that the [URL='https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/apr/16/notre-dame-fire-fears-over-fate-of-cathedrals-treasures']Guardian reports[/URL] was saved from the fire in Notre Dame, Paris. Constantin Zuckerman (2013). [URL='https://www.academia.edu/10124428/Heraclius_and_the_return_of_the_Holy_Cross']Heraclius and the return of the Holy Cross[/URL]. Constructing the Seventh Century. Travaux et mémoires (17). Paris: Association des amis du Centre d'histoire et civilisation de Byzance. pp. 197–218. Here's an illustration of the change in intrinsic value of a coin from Justinian to Heraclius. Both coins are Æ Follis or 40 Nummi. One could mint 3 of the OP Heraclius from the one Justinian ([B]AD 541[/B] RY 15: 21g v. [B]AD 630[/B] RY 21: 6.42g). [ATTACH=full]1347884[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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