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ID number:  BIRBI-B3712
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; Herakleonas; Ravenna
Denomination:  Follis
Place made:  Europe: Italy, Ravenna
Culture:  Byzantine
Date made:  637-639
Metal:  Base Metal
Diameter (cm):  2.95
Weight (g):  9.86
Axis (degrees):  180.00
Provenance:  Whitting 7413. A.H. Baldwin, 5th September 1970.
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Description:  Obverse: To the l., Herakleonas facing, standing, smaller, wearing chlamys, and cross-topped crown, holding globus cruciger in r. hand. In the centre, Herakleios facing, standing, with moustache and long beard, wearing chlamys, and cross-topped crown. holding globus cruciger in r. hand. To the r., Constantine III facing, standing, smaller, bearded, wearing chlamys, and cross-topped crown, holding globus cruciger in r. hand. Reverse: M; monogram of Herakleios above.

Inscriptions:  Obverse: None. Reverse: ΛNNO … XVIII ([Inferred] Year 28-29). Mint mark: RAV.

Bibliography:  MIB III 255

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Constantine III
Byzantine
612
641
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Whitting, Philip David
British
1903
1988
Ravenna
Roman;Byzantine;Italian


Herakleios I
Byzantine
c.575
641
Herakleonas
Byzantine
626

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