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ID number:  BIRBI-B2807
Object type:  Coin
Institution:  The Barber Institute of Fine Arts
Named collection:  P. D. Whitting Collection
Collector:  Whitting, Philip D.
Maker:  Herakleios I; Constantine III; Constantinople
Denomination:  Solidus
Place made:  Eurasia: Istanbul
Culture:  Byzantine
Date made:  616-625
Metal:  Gold
Diameter (cm):  2.2
Weight (g):  4.41
Axis (degrees):  180.00
Provenance:  Whitting 0478. Glendining, 27th November 1954.
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Description:  Obverse: To the l., bust of Herakleios facing, bearded, wearing chlamys with fibula, and cross-topped diadem. To the r., bust of Constantine III facing, unbearded, wearing chlamys with fibula, and cross-topped diadem. A cross in the upper r. of the field, above Constantine III's head. Reverse: Cross potent on three steps.

Inscriptions:  Obverse: … LIЧS Єτ hЄRA CONSτ PP A (Herakleios and Herakleios Constantine, eternal Augusti). Reverse: V … RIA AVSЧ (Imperial victory). Mint mark: CONOB. Control mark: Z (7).

Bibliography:  MIB III 11

Notes:  Doublestruck on both obverse and reverse at 90°, or overstruck on a coin of the same type.

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