Medal - Heracleonas

Location	Saxony (Albertinian Line), Kingdom of
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Obverse description	Bust of Heracleonas facing half right, wearing a jewelled mitre surmounted by a cross and ornate imperial armour with decorative shoulder pieces. A circular Latin legend surrounds the effigy in the field.
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Obverse lettering	D · N · FLAVIVS HERACLEONAS PERPETVS AVGVST (Translation: Dominus Noster Flavius Heracleonas Perpetus Augustus [Our Lord forever Majestic, Flavius Heracleonas])
Reverse description	The reverse bears a sixteen-line Latin inscription filling the entire field, recording the biography of Heracleonas from his birth circa 626 AD through his exile in December 641 AD. The engraver's initials C · W · appear in the exergue below.
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