Byzantine Gold Solidus, Heraclius, 610-641 CE

Tap 6 oclock-Heraclius coin description.

Tap center for reverse.

Changed Byzantiums lang. from Latin to Greek.

Strong military leader who defeated Sasanid Persians. In 641 raised a large army to drive the Arabs out of Egypt but died suddenly. Had he lived, succeeded, the world might be very different now.

Reverse exergue-

CONOB, Constaninople mint, Obryzum=pure gold,

1/72 of a Roman pound.