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Numismatics ID number: BIRBI-B3657 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; Sicily; Constantinople Denomination: Follis Place made: Europe: Italy, Sicily; Eurasia: Istanbul Culture: Byzantine Date made: 632-641; 629-639 Metal: Base Metal Diameter (cm): 2.75 Weight (g): 6.85 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 4434. Duke of Argyll, February 1951. |
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Description: Obverse: (Original, uppermost layer) To the l., Herakleios facing, standing, with moustache and beard, wearing military attire, holding a sceptre in r. hand. A monogram of Herakleios in the l. of the field. (Countermark) To the l., bust of Herakleios facing, with moustache and long beard, wearing paludamentum, and cross-topped crown. To the r., bust of Constantine III facing, bearded, wearing paludamentum, and cross-topped crown. A cross between their heads. Reverse: (Original, type one) None visible. (Original, type two) None visible. (Countermark) Monogram of Herakleios. Inscriptions: Obverse: (Original, uppermost layer) None. (Countermark) None. Reverse: (Original, type one) … NNO … ([Inferred] Year 20-29). (Original, type two) Mint mark: C … N. (Countermark) None. Mint mark: SC. Bibliography: (Original, uppermost layer) MIB III 164; (Countermark) MIB III Km.6 Notes: Overstruck obverse on obverse; undertype unclear. It is unclear which of the two reverse types corresponds to the uppermost layer of the obverse. The type one reverse (… NNO) is on an axis of 180° to the uppermost obverse, and is the most likely option. |
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5 Related People | |
| Constantine III Byzantine 612 641 | |
| Sicily Roman;Ostrogothic;Italian;Aghlabid;Norman;Sicilian | |
| Whitting, Philip David British 1903 1988 | |
| Constantinople Roman;Byzantine | |
| Herakleios I Byzantine c.575 641 | |
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