HERACLIUS AND SONS GOLD SOLIDUS – “THREE KINGS” ISSUE OF CONSTANTINOPLE – NGC MS BYZANTINE COIN (Inv. 21611)

$2,450.00

21611. BYZANTINE EMPIRE. HERACLIUS WITH HERACLIUS CONSTANTINE AND HERACLONAS, AD 610–641.
Gold Solidus, 4.42 g, 17 mm. Dated issue of Constantinople, officina A, indictional year 11 (AD 637/8).
Obv. Facing standing figures of Heraclius in center, Heraclius Constantine at right and Heraclonas on left, all with crowns and holding a globus cruciger. Rev. VICTORIA AVCY Є, cross on stepped base, monogram in left field, AI (year) in right field.
Sear 764.
Ex Gasvoda Collection.
NGC MS, Strike 5/5, Surface 3/5, “clipped,” “brushed,” with well centered and detailed rendition of the imperial family, the grouping of which recalls the Biblical “Three Kings” and was often referred to as such in popular culture.