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<p>[QUOTE="Broucheion, post: 25880912, member: 104887"]Hi All,</p><p><br /></p><p>This one is a seldom seen denomination from Alexandria. When I saw it for sale on eBay I jumped at it (Seller's photos).</p><p><br /></p><p style="text-align: center">[ATTACH=full]1649040[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p style="text-align: center"><b>HERACLIUS (5 Oct 610 - 11 Jan 641 CE)</b></p> <p style="text-align: center"><b>EGYPT, ALEXANDRIA Undated: 618 - 628 or 629 - 641 CE</b></p> <p style="text-align: center"><b>Æ 3 NUMMI</b></p> <p style="text-align: center"><b>Size: 14 mm</b></p> <p style="text-align: center"><b>Weight: 3.11 g</b></p> <p style="text-align: center"><b>Axis: 6:00</b></p> <p style="text-align: center"><b>Broucheion Collection B-2024-11-28.001</b></p><p><br /></p><p><b>Obv: </b>Palm tree with fruit. Solid border.</p><p><b>Rev:</b> Numeral Γ. In right field: Cross. Solid border.</p><p><b>Refs: </b>Sear Byzantine 865; Dumbarton Oaks-201.1; MIB III-0214; BMC-Unlisted</p><p><b>Notes:</b> From G. I. Bijofski (<i><a href="https://www.academia.edu/32950081/Gold_Coin_and_Small_Change_Monetary_Circulation_in_Fifth_Seventh_Century_Byzantine_Palestine" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.academia.edu/32950081/Gold_Coin_and_Small_Change_Monetary_Circulation_in_Fifth_Seventh_Century_Byzantine_Palestine" rel="nofollow">Gold Coin and Small Change: Monetary Circulation in Fifth-Seventh Century Byzantine Palestine</a></i>) : "Alexandria: This mint went through a series of upheavals during the reign of Heraclius that apparently deeply affected the style and character of its copper coinage. It was reopened after a hiatus during the reign of Phocas (chapter 4.2.4). In 618/619 Egypt was occupied by the Persians until the Byzantine reconquest in 629. In 639 the Arabs invaded Egypt, and Alexandria was conquered in 642. The minting of dodecanummia, hexanummia, and the very rare 3 nummi was resumed apparently in 610 but no coins are confidently attributed to the period prior to 613."</p><p><br /></p><p><b>- Broucheion</b>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Broucheion, post: 25880912, member: 104887"]Hi All, This one is a seldom seen denomination from Alexandria. When I saw it for sale on eBay I jumped at it (Seller's photos). [CENTER][ATTACH=full]1649040[/ATTACH][/CENTER] [CENTER][B]HERACLIUS (5 Oct 610 - 11 Jan 641 CE) EGYPT, ALEXANDRIA Undated: 618 - 628 or 629 - 641 CE Æ 3 NUMMI Size: 14 mm Weight: 3.11 g Axis: 6:00 Broucheion Collection B-2024-11-28.001[/B][/CENTER] [B]Obv: [/B]Palm tree with fruit. Solid border. [B]Rev:[/B] Numeral Γ. In right field: Cross. Solid border. [B]Refs: [/B]Sear Byzantine 865; Dumbarton Oaks-201.1; MIB III-0214; BMC-Unlisted [B]Notes:[/B] From G. I. Bijofski ([I][URL='https://www.academia.edu/32950081/Gold_Coin_and_Small_Change_Monetary_Circulation_in_Fifth_Seventh_Century_Byzantine_Palestine']Gold Coin and Small Change: Monetary Circulation in Fifth-Seventh Century Byzantine Palestine[/URL][/I]) : "Alexandria: This mint went through a series of upheavals during the reign of Heraclius that apparently deeply affected the style and character of its copper coinage. It was reopened after a hiatus during the reign of Phocas (chapter 4.2.4). In 618/619 Egypt was occupied by the Persians until the Byzantine reconquest in 629. In 639 the Arabs invaded Egypt, and Alexandria was conquered in 642. The minting of dodecanummia, hexanummia, and the very rare 3 nummi was resumed apparently in 610 but no coins are confidently attributed to the period prior to 613." [B]- Broucheion[/B][/QUOTE]
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