Coin

About this object

History of use

ÔÇ£PentanummiumÔÇØ (denomination); DO# 239; Sear# 880.

Physical description

Byzantine coin of Heraclius, 610-641. Obverse: bust of Heraclius, wearing crown with cross; he is beardless, unlike most coins from his reign; to left, inscription is illegible; to right, it says ÔÇÿONTÔÇÖ. Reverse: large ÔÇÿVÔÇÖ; to left and right, stars; above and beneath stars, pellets; above ÔÇÿVÔÇÖ, cross.