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ID number: BIRBI-B3512 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D. Maker: Herakleios; Constantine III; Alexandria; Cyprus Denomination: Solidus Place made: Alexandria or Cyprus Culture: Byzantine Date made: 613-629 Metal: Gold Diameter (cm): 2.30 Weight (g): 4.45 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 1400 - bt. Glendining 17th June 1964, No. 510. |

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Description: Obverse: Busts of Herakleios bearded and child Herakleios Constantine facing wearing chlamys and jewelled cross crown, cross floating above between heads, all above an exergue line. Reverse: Cross potent on three steps.
Inscriptions: Obverse: ddNN...ΛΛIHVS Єτ hRACO… (Our Lords Herakleios and Herakleios Constantine eternal Augusti). Reverse: ...AVSЧ (Imperial Victory). Control mark: I7 (13). Mint mark: …ONO…
Bibliography: DOC II.1 AV187b (Alexandria), MIB III 77.8 (Cyprus)
Notes: Was used as part of 'All That Glitters…' project.
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