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ID number:  BIRBI-B3477
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; Seleukeia-in-Isauria
Denomination:  Follis
Place made:  Eurasia: Mersin, Silifke
Culture:  Byzantine
Date made:  616-617
Metal:  Base Metal
Diameter (cm):  3
Weight (g):  10.45
Axis (degrees):  90.00
Provenance:  Whitting 4761. Karageorghiou, 29th August 1964; "from Istanbul c. 1959".
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Description:  Obverse: To the l., bust of Herakleios facing, bearded, wearing chlamys, and cross-topped crown. To the r., bust of Constantine III facing, smaller, unbearded, wearing chlamys, and cross-topped crown. A cross between their heads. Reverse: M, chrismon above.

Inscriptions:  Obverse: ∂O N hЄR … R … ([Inferred] Our lords Herakleios, Herakleios). Reverse: ANNO ϚI (Year 7). Mint mark: SЄLISЧ. Control mark: A (1).

Bibliography:  MIB III 192

Notes:  Overstruck obverse on reverse; undertype unclear.

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