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ID number: BIRBI-B3696 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; Ravenna Denomination: Solidus Place made: Europe: Italy, Ravenna Culture: Byzantine Date made: 613-629 Metal: Gold Diameter (cm): 2.1 Weight (g): 4.48 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 0821. Glendining, 19th June 1959. |
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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. A cross between their heads. Reverse: Cross potent on three steps.
Inscriptions: Obverse: DD NN HЄRΛCLIVS ЄT HCRΛ CONST (Our lords Herakleios and Herakleios Constantine). Reverse: VICTORI Λ ΛVCC (Imperial victory). Mint mark: CONOB. Control mark: H (8).
Bibliography: MIB III 110a
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