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Message:: [QUOTE="FrizzyAntoine, post: 7937131, member: 114961"]Lovely write-up and coins [USER=87200]@ancient coin hunter[/USER] (and everyone else)! Heraclius is easily one of my favourite characters of the post-classical era, a perservering man at a watershed moment in history, and one who worked so hard and long only to have it all swept away before his eyes. I have a solidus from the inception of his reign, however as we've been treated to enough gold already in this thread I'd like to also share a coin in silver from the nadir of his riegn, and one in base metal from it's zenith. [ATTACH=full]1373179[/ATTACH]Heraclius. 610-641. AV Solidus (21mm, 4.49 g, 7h). Constantinople mint, 5th officina. Struck 610-613. Draped and cuirassed facing bust, wearing plumed helmet and holding cross / Cross potent on three steps; Є//CONOB. DOC 3b; MIB 5; SB 731. Lustrous, some striking weakness, minor obverse die rust. EF. [ATTACH=full]1373178[/ATTACH]HERACLIUS with HERACLIUS CONSTANTINE (610-641). Hexagram. Constantinople.Obv: δδ NN ҺЄRACILЧS ЄT ҺЄRA CONST.Heraclius and Heraclius Constantine seated facing on double throne, each holding globus cruciger.Rev: δЄЧS AδIЧTA ROMANIS.Cross potent set upon globus set upon three steps; K to right. [ATTACH=full]1373180[/ATTACH] BYZANTINE. Terra-cotta “True Cross” Pilgrim’s Token. Circa 7th century. (16mm). Greek cross with the letters H|N/E|I in the angles / Blank[/QUOTE]