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ID number:  BIRBI-B2822
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):  2.1
Weight (g):  4.47
Axis (degrees):  180.00
Provenance:  Whitting 0126. L.S. Forrer, April 1952.
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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. I in the r. of the field.

Inscriptions:  Obverse: … NN hЄRACLIЧS Eτ hЄRA CONSτ PP A- (Our lords Herakleios and Herakleios Constantine, eternal Augusti). Reverse: VICTO … A AVSЧ (Imperial victory). Mint mark: CONOB. Control mark: Γ (3).

Bibliography:  MIB III 14

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Constantinople
Roman;Byzantine


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British
1903
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Byzantine
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Herakleios I
Byzantine
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