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ID number:  BIRBI-B3726
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; Constantinople
Denomination:  Follis
Place made:  Eurasia: Istanbul
Culture:  Byzantine
Date made:  633-634
Metal:  Base Metal
Diameter (cm):  2.95
Weight (g):  6.59
Axis (degrees):  180.00
Provenance:  Whitting 0621. L.A. Lawrence II, January 1951.
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Description:  Obverse: (Uppermost layer) To the l., Herakleios facing, standing, with moustache and beard, wearing cross-topped crown. To the r., Constantine III facing, standing, wearing chlamys and crown, holding globus cruciger in r. hand. A cross between their heads. Reverse: (Uppermost layer) M; christogram above.

Inscriptions:  Obverse: None. Reverse: … O … XIIII ([Inferred] Year 24). Mint mark: CON. Control mark: Γ (3).

Bibliography:  (Uppermost layer) MIB III 164c; (Countermark) MIB III Km.1a

Notes:  Overstruck obverse on reverse; undertype a follis of an unknown emperor and mint. Single-faced countermark on the obverse of a monogram of Herakleios.

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