BYZANTINE EASTERN ROMAN EMPIRE (395-1453 AD) REIGN OF EMPEROR HERACLIUS (610-641 AD) - HERACLIAN DYNASTY CERTIFIED BY NGC EXTREMELY FINE STRIKE: 4/5 SURFACE: 3/5 OBV: FULL STANDING SIDE-BY-SIDE FACING PORTRAITS OF A BEARDED HERACLIUS (ON LEFT) AND HIS SON HERACLIUS CONSTANTINE (HERACLIUS III) (UNBEARDED) BOTH CROWNED AND WEARING CHLAMYS (HERACLIUS HOLDING LABARUM IN RIGHT. REV: CROSS POTENT ON TRI-STEPPED BASE; LEGEND "CONOB (CONSTANTINOPLE 1/72 LB OF PURE GOLD) BELOW. FLAVIUS HERALCLIUS AUGUSTUS WAS THE SON OF THE EXARCH OF CARTHAGE. FATHER AND SON LED A REVOLT AGAINST THE UNPOPULAR USURPER EMPEROR PHOCAS IN 608. WHEN HERACLIUS MARCHED ON CONSTANTINOPLE HE WAS PROCLAIMED EMPEROR. HE BEHEADED PHOCAS HIMSELF, AFTER THE LATTER SARCASTICALLY REPLIED TO A QUERRY. HERACLIUS IS CONSIDERED ONE OF THE GREATEST OF ROMAN EMPERORS. ALTHOUGH THE EMPIRE SUFFERED EARLY MILITARY SETBACKS IN THE EAST, HERACLIUS REFORMED BOTH GOVERNMENT AND ARMY, DECREASING CORRUPTION AND INCREASING EFFECTIVENESS. HERACLIUS IS ACCREDITED WITH THE RECOVERY OF MUCH TERRITORY THAT HAD BEEN LOST TO THE PERSIANS, HE WAS THE FIRST EMPEROR TO COME INTO CONTACT WITH THE MUSLIMS AND HALT THE ARAB ADVANCE, AND HIS MILITARY REFORMS HELPED ASSURE THE BESEIGED EMPIIRE'S SURVIVAL FOR CENTURIES. HERACLIUS SENT MISSIONARIES TO CONVERT THE SLAVIC PEOPLES OF THE BALKANS AND RESTORED THE TRUE CROSS TO JERUSALEM (ALTHOUGH HE IS CONSIDERED IN THE ISLAMIC TRADITION OF BEING A CORRESPONDENT OF MOHAMMED AND A TRUE BELIEVER IN ISLAM). HE CHANGED THE OFFICIAL LANGUAGE OF THE EMPIRE TO GREEK AND TOOK THE TITLE OF BASILEOS (SOVEREIGN) AS WELL AS THE PERSIAN TITLE, "KING OF KINGS". CONTAINS 5.66 GRAMS OF SILVER 20 MM IN DIAMETER
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