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ID number: BIRBI-B3336 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Maker: Herakleios I; Constantine III; Constantinople Denomination: Half-Follis Place made: Eurasia: Istanbul Culture: Byzantine Date made: 629-639 Metal: Base Metal Diameter (cm): 2.55 Weight (g): 4.71 Axis (degrees): 180.00 |
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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, wearing chlamys and crown, holding globus cruciger in r. hand. A cross between their heads. Reverse: K, cross above.
Inscriptions: Obverse: None. Reverse: ANNO X … (Year 20-29). Control mark: A (1).
Bibliography: MIB III 171a
Notes: Overstruck obverse on reverse; undertype unclear.
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