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ID number:  BIRBI-B4525ADD
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; Thessalonica
Denomination:  Follis
Place made:  Europe: Greece, Thessaloniki
Culture:  Byzantine
Date made:  630-631
Metal:  Base Metal
Diameter (cm):  2.85
Weight (g):  13.84
Axis (degrees):  225.00
Provenance:  Whitting 5521, ex. Tchalikian, 8th July 1967.
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Description:  Obverse: To l. Herakleios, standing, with moustache and long beard, wearing military dress and crown with cross; holding long cross in r. hand, l. hand on hip; to r. Constantine III, standing, with short beard, wearing chlamys and crown with cross, globus cruciger in r. hand; cross between heads; K to r. of Constantine III. Reverse: None.

Inscriptions:  Obverse: None. Reverse: M (Forty) ANNO XX (Year 20) Mint mark: ΘЄC (Thessalonica) Officina: A

Bibliography:  MIB.3.222

Notes:  Herakleian countermark on reverse at centre.

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