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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;furryfrog02, post: 7936139, member: 41219&quot;]Ok, I&#039;m off work so now I can share one of my favorite Byzantine coins!</p><p><br /></p><p>Issued starting in 615 under Heraclius in order to help cover the costs of the war with the Sassanids, the hexagram was minted using silver that was primarily confiscated from the church. They were named &quot;hexagram&quot; for the weight of approximately 6 grams and were probably valued at 12 hexagrams to 1 gold solidus.</p><p><br /></p><p>I particularly like the reverse inscription &quot;Deus adiuta Romanis&quot; or &quot;May God help the Romans&quot; which probably refers to the dire straights the Byzantine empire was at the time.</p><p><br /></p><p>Mine isn&#039;t particularly beautiful but it was within my budget <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1372796[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Heraclius and Heraclius Constantine</p><p>615-638 AD</p><p>Hexagram</p><p>Obverse: dd NN hERACLIUS Et hERA CONSt, Heraclius on left and Heraclius Constantine on right, seated facing on double-throne, each holding cross on globe in right hand, small cross above</p><p>Reverse: dEUS AdIUtA ROmANIS (sometimes ROIMANIS or ROMANIAS), Cross-potent on globe above three steps (no field marks)</p><p>23.4mm/6.54g[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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