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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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