FORVM Byzantine Empire Heraclius Dekanummium Catania Sicily Mint 625-626 AD

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FORVM Byzantine Empire Heraclius Dekanummium Catania Sicily Mint 625-626 AD :
$81.00

Byzantine Empire, Heraclius & Heraclius Constantine, 23 January 613 - 11 January 641 A.D.

Joint rule with Heraclius Constantine (his son), 23 January 613 - 3 July 638 A.D.
Joint rule with Heraclius Constantine and Heraclonas (his sons), 4 July 638 - 11 January 641 A.D.
Heraclius came to power in 610 following a successful revolt in North Africa against the tyrannical rule of the Emperor Focas. His son Heraclius Constantine was elevated to joint rule in 613 A.D. Heraclius\' most spectacular military achievement was the total defeat of Rome\'s old enemy on the Eastern frontier, the Sassanid Persians. Unfortunately, this only facilitated the Arab conquest of Persia and the Eastern provinces of the Byzantine Empire. The Byzantines lost Syria and Palestine before Heraclius died in early 641 A.D. and Egypt fell to the Arabs soon after.

Heraclius offered peace to Khusro, presumably in 624, threatening otherwise to invade Persia, but Khusro rejected the offer. Heraclius marched into Persia with an army of probably less than 25,000 men, willingly abandoning any attempt to secure his rear or maintain lines of communication. Heraclius fought brilliantly and bravely repeatedly defeated the Persian forces. When the war ended in 628, Khusro had been murdered by his own men, the Byzantines regained all their lost territories, their captured soldiers, a war indemnity, and most importantly for them, the True Cross and other relics that were lost in Jerusalem in 614.
BZ64050. Bronze decanummium, Anastasi 62; DOC II part 1, 257; Wroth BMC 410; SBCV 886; Hahn MIB 241; condition: VF, pit (flan defect?) on reverse, mint: Sicily, Catania, weight: 5.067g, maximum diameter: 10.0mm, die axis: 180o, date struck: 625 - 626 A.D.; obverse facing busts of Heraclius on left, bearded, and Heraclius Constantine on right, beardless; both crowned, draped and cuirassed; cross between their heads; reverse , large I (10 nummi), ANNO right, X/ς (year 16) right, CAT in exergue; scarce, $81

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