Byzantine Empire 20 Nummi - Heraclius, 611 – 612

20 Nummi = ½ Follis from Byzantine Empire. Issued from 611 to 612. Struck in Copper. Measures 20 mm and weighs 5 g.

Obverse

Helmeted bust of Heraclius, beardless, holding a cross. The inscriptions read: "Domini Nostro Heraclio Perpetuo Augusto", (To our lord Heraclius perpetual Augustus).

Reverse

X.X surrounded on the left by a star, on the right by an E (epsilon), surmounted by a cross. Different KRTG (Carthage) in exergue. Epsilon could correspond to the 5th year of the Byzantine indiction, but nothing is certain - it may simply be a similarity with old coins.