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ID number:  BIRBI-B3284
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:  Follis
Place made:  Eurasia: Istanbul
Culture:  Byzantine
Date made:  634-635
Metal:  Base Metal
Diameter (cm):  2.1
Weight (g):  7.70
Axis (degrees):  0.00
Provenance:  Whitting 0614. R.M. Cunningham, February 1951.
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Description:  Obverse: To the l., Herakleios facing, standing, with moustache and long beard, wearing military attire and crown, holding sceptre in r. hand. To the r., Constantine III facing, standing, bearded, wearing chlamys, holding globus in r. hand. Reverse: M.

Inscriptions:  Obverse: None. Reverse: … NN … XXЧ (Year 25). Mint mark: CON. Control mark: Є (5).

Bibliography:  MIB III 164

Notes:  Traces of overstrike; control mark unusually large.

4 Related People

Herakleios I
Byzantine
c.575
641
Constantine III
Byzantine
612
641
Whitting_Phillip-T.jpg
Whitting, Philip David
British
1903
1988
Constantinople
Roman;Byzantine


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