HERACLIUS GOLD SOLIDUS – SIGNIFICANT DOUBLE STRIKE ERROR – MINT STATE NGC GRADED BYZANTINE COIN (Inv. 19590)

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19590. BYZANTINE EMPIRE. HERACLIUS, AD 610–641.
Gold Solidus, 4.33 g, 22 mm. Issue of Constantinople officina Є.
Obv. d N hЄRACLI–ЧS PP AVC, draped, helmeted and cuirassed bust facing, holding globus cruciger. Rev. VICTORIA–AVϚЧ Є, cross potent on three steps, CONOB in exergue.
Sear 731.
NGC graded MINT STATE, Strike 2/5, Surface 3/5, ” brushed, scuffs, double–struck, clipped,” lustrous, a significant double struck ancient error coin, with part of the design shifted to the left on both obverse and reverse.