HERACLIUS COUNTERMARKED BRONZE FROM SICILY – HOST COIN 40 NUMMI OF JUSTINIAN I EX SANBORN COLLECTION – VF/FINE BYZANTINE COIN (Inv. 20297)

$175.00

20297. BYZANTINE EMPIRE. HERACLIUS, 610–641 BC.
Countermarked Bronze issue of Sicily, with obverse countermark showing draped bust of Heraclius and monogram at right, reverse countermark SCLs below line within round punch.
Host coin: 40 Nummi of Justinian I, 14.55 g, 29 mm.
Sear 882 (host).
Ex Sanborn Collection, Sotheby Park Bernet 2/24/1977, lot 437 (part of).
Fine for the host coin, the countermarks exceptionally well struck, with old tag noting acquisition at “Habelt, ‘56.”