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ID number:  BIRBI-B3603
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; Carthage
Denomination:  Solidus
Place made:  Carthage
Culture:  Byzantine
Date made:  626-627
Metal:  Gold
Diameter (cm):  1.25
Weight (g):  4.39
Axis (degrees):  180.00
Provenance:  Whitting 0572. Leu, Zurich, September 1956.
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Description:  Obverse: To the l., bust of Herakleios facing, bearded, wearing cuirass, paludamentum, and cross-topped crown. To the r., bust of Constantine III facing, smaller, unbearded, wearing cuirass, paludamentum, and cross-topped crown. Between their heads, a cross. Reverse: Cross potent on two steps.

Inscriptions:  Obverse: D N ЄRAC LIO CONT PP (Our lord Herakleios, Constantine, eternal). Indiction year: IE (Year 626-627). Reverse: VICTOR IΛ CC ([Inferred] Imperial victory). Mint mark: CONO … Indiction year: IЄ (Year 626-627).

Bibliography:  MIB III 84a

4 Related People

Carthage
Roman;Byzantine


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Whitting, Philip David
British
1903
1988
Herakleios I
Byzantine
c.575
641
Constantine III
Byzantine
612
641
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