The Byzantine Emperor, crowned bust right, twining his beard, resting on a waning moon, the rays of the sun above.
Obverse lettering
SVPER TENEB(R)AS NOSTRAS MILITABOR IN
GENTIBUS
ILLVMINA VVLTVM TVVM (Translation: Heraclius, [faithful] in Christ our Lord Cause Thy Face to Shine, O Lord Upon our darkness, I will make war upon the heathen)
Obverse script
Greek, Latin
Reverse description
Heraclius seated in a carriage led by a squire and drawn by three horses right, returning the true cross to Jerusalem, four lamps hang above.
Reverse lettering
+SUPER+ASPIdEM+ET+BAXILISCVM+AMBVLAVIT+ET+CONCVLCAVIT+LEONEM+ET+dRACONEM+ (Translation: He has trodden on the asp and basilisk and trampled on the lion and the dragon [from Psalm 90:13])