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ID number:  BIRBI-B3287
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:  635-636
Metal:  Base Metal
Diameter (cm):  2.7
Weight (g):  6.45
Axis (degrees):  180.00
Provenance:  Whitting 5738. Tchalikian, 8th April 1968.
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Description:  Obverse: To the l., Herakleios facing, standing, with moustache and long beard, wearing military attire, and cross-topped crown, holding sceptre in r. hand. To the r., Constantine III facing, standing, bearded, wearing chlamys, and cross-topped crown. A cross between their heads. Reverse: M, monogram of Herakleios above.

Inscriptions:  Obverse: None. Reverse: A … XXϚ (Year 26). Mint mark: … ON. Control mark: B (2).

Bibliography:  MIB III 164d

Notes:  Clipped on three sides as though flan cut out from much larger coin; doublestrike on the reverse.

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Whitting, Philip David
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Herakleios I
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Constantine III
Byzantine
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