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ID number:  BIRBI-B3660
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
Metal:  Base Metal
Diameter (cm):  2.55
Weight (g):  5.76
Axis (degrees):  0.00
Provenance:  Whitting 4439.
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Description:  Obverse: (Original) Vestiges of a cross in the upper centre 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) None visible. (Countermark) Monogram of Herakleios.

Inscriptions:  Obverse: (Original) None visible. (Countermark) None. Reverse: (Original) None visible. (Countermark) None. Mint mark: SCs.

Bibliography:  (Original) MIB III 164; (Countermark) MIB III Km.6

Notes:  Only the countermark is visible on this coin, apart from the vestiges of a cross.

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Whitting, Philip David
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1903
1988
Constantine III
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Herakleios I
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c.575
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