Medal - Heracleonas

€152,104.00
LocationSaxony (Albertinian Line), Kingdom of
Year
TypeCommemorative medals/Personality or portrait medal
CompositionTin
Weight21.64 g
Diameter32 mm
Thickness
ShapeRound
Technique
Orientation
EdgePlain
Period
NoticeChristian Wermuth
Reference(s)
Obverse descriptionPortrait facing half right. A mitre on the head with a cross adorned with distinct unions. [A caput mitra unionibus distincta cum cruce ornatum]. Lettering all around
Obverse letteringD · N · FLAVIVS HERACLEONAS PERPETVS AVGVST
(Translation: Dominus Noster Flavius Heracleonas Perpetus Augustus [Our Lord forever Majestic, Flavius Heracleonas])
Obverse scriptLatin
Reverse descriptionInscription on 16 lines followed by designer`s initials
Reverse letteringNATVS CIRCA A· 626 PATRE HERACLIO IMP. MATRE MARTINA A PATRE A· 630 CAESAR A· 639 IMPERATOR DICTVS ET TESTAMENTO SVCCESSOR CVM FRATRE ET MATRE SED ILLO MATRIS INSIDIIS OCCISO SOLVS PER SEMESTRE AVGVSTVS A SENATV IMPERIO NASOQVE VT MATER LINGVA PRIVATVS ET IN EXILIVM ACTVS CIRCA MENSEM DECEMBREM A· 641 C · W ·
(Translation: Born about year 626, father Heraclius Imperator, Mother Martina. From the father year 630, Caesar year 639. The said Emperor and will, heir with his brother and mother, but their mother murdered in a plot. Lone through months August, from the Imperial Senate [nasoque] as mother, language common and driven into exile about the month of December year 641.  C W = Christian Wermuth A· = Anno [Year])
Reverse scriptLatin
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Catalog ID5956691770
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