HERACLIUS WITH SON GOLD SOLIDUS – CROSS POTENT TYPE OF CONSTANTINOPLE OFFICINA I – MINT STATE NGC GRADED BYZANTINE COIN (Inv. 20795)

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20795. BYZANTINE EMPIRE. HERACLIUS WITH HERACLIUS CONSTANTINE AND HERACLONAS, AD 632–641.
Gold Solidus, 4.50 g, 21 mm. Issue of Constantinople, officina I, ca. AD 632–641.
Obv. Facing and crowned standing figures of Heraclius in center, Heraclius Constantine at right and Heraclonas at left. Rev. VICTORIA AVGЧ I, cross on stepped base, monogram in left field, CONOB in exergue.
Sear 761.
NGC graded MINT STATE, Strike 5/5, Surface 4/5, “brushed,” with a nice rendition of the imperial family, well centered with clear details of the faces on each of the figures. The grouping of imperial personages recalls the Biblical “Three Kings” and was often referred to as such in modern popular culture.