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ID number:  BIRBI-B3674
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; Catania
Denomination:  Decanummium
Place made:  Europe: Italy, Sicily, Catania
Culture:  Byzantine
Date made:  623-624
Metal:  Base Metal
Diameter (cm):  1.55
Weight (g):  3.40
Axis (degrees):  180.00
Provenance:  Whitting 3160. Glendining, March 1957.
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Description:  Obverse: To the l., bust of Herakleios facing, bearded, wearing paludamentum, and cross-topped crown. To the r., bust of Constantine III facing, unbearded, wearing paludamentum, and cross-topped crown. A cross between their heads. Reverse: I.

Inscriptions:  Obverse: None. Reverse: ΛNNO XIIII (Year 14). Mint mark: CΛT.

Bibliography:  MIB III 241

Notes:  Overstruck obverse on obverse; undertype unclear.

4 Related People

Catania
Byzantine; Sicilian


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