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ID number: BIRBI-B2728 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D.; Italian Hoard Maker: Herakleios; Constantinople Denomination: Solidus Place made: Eurasia: Istanbul Culture: Byzantine Date made: 610-613 Metal: Gold Diameter (cm): 2.12 Weight (g): 4.46 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 0966. Italian Hoard, December 1960. |
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Description: Obverse: Bust of Herakleios facing, bearded, wearing cuirass, paludamentum, and cross-topped crown with plume and pendilia, holding a cross in r. hand. Reverse: Cross potent on two steps.
Inscriptions: Obverse: d N hЄRAC LIЧS PP A (Our lord Herakleios, eternal Augustus). Reverse: VICTORIA AVSЧ (Imperial victory). Mint mark: CONOB. Control mark: I (10).
Bibliography: MIB III 4
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