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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Black Friar, post: 2390914, member: 76221&quot;]The first one is of Heraclius, Constantinople mint, after regnal year 21 and much reduced in weight and size.&nbsp; The number XX (year 20) a quite pronounce.&nbsp; Most likely there is another number below which never struck up properly.</p><p><br /></p><p>The letter beneath is the Greek letter gamma, which signifies the third mint building or room where it was struck.&nbsp; Above the letter M is what&#039;s lest of one of Heraclius&#039; monograms.</p><p><br /></p><p>These coin are always quite rough as they were struck most likely while he was fighting the Arabs.</p><p><br /></p><p>The other two are Constans II his son.&nbsp; These are the types you will find mostly copies of by the Arabs in Byantine lands after they succesfully took over Byzantine lands.</p><p><br /></p><p>Keep looking, when in doubt take a look at several good commercial sites.&nbsp; I don&#039;t know if I can say which ones and violate the rules of this site; so I won&#039;t.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Thanks for placing them on the site.</p><p><br /></p><p>Cheers[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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