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ID number:  BIRBI-B4339
Object type:  Coin
Institution:  The Barber Institute of Fine Arts
Named collection:  P. D. Whitting Collection
Collector:  Whitting, Philip D.
Maker:  Constantine IV; Herakleios son of Constans II; Tiberios son of Constans II; Syracuse
Denomination:  Follis
Place made:  Europe: Italy, Sicily, Syracuse
Culture:  Byzantine
Date made:  672-677
Metal:  Base Metal
Diameter (cm):  2.15
Weight (g):  4.99
Axis (degrees):  180.00
Provenance:  Whitting 1940.
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Description:  Obverse: Constantine IV facing, standing, unbearded, wearing cuirass, and cross-topped helmet with plume, holding spear in r. hand. Reverse: M; monogram of Constantine IV above. To the l., Herakleios facing, standing, unbearded, wearing chlamys, and cross-topped crown, holding globus cruciger in r. hand. To the r., Tiberios facing, standing, unbearded, wearing chlamys, and cross-topped crown, holding globus cruciger in r. hand.

Inscriptions:  Obverse: None. Reverse: None. Mint mark: SCL.

Bibliography:  MIB III 105

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