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ID number: BIRBI-B2872 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: Solidus Place made: Eurasia: Istanbul Culture: Byzantine Date made: 629-632 Metal: Gold Diameter (cm): 2 Weight (g): 4.41 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 1333. A.H. Baldwin, 4th February 1964; "From Beirut, 1958". |
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Description: Obverse: To the l., bust of Herakleios facing, with long beard and moustache, wearing chlamys with fibula, and cross-topped diadem. To the r., bust of Constantine III facing, bearded, wearing chlamys with fibula, and cross-topped diadem. A cross in between the heads of Herakleios and Constantine III. Reverse: Cross potent on three steps.
Inscriptions: Obverse: dd NN hЄRACLIЧS Єτ hЄRA … NSτ P … (Our lords Herakleios and Herakleios Constantine, eternal Augusti). Reverse: VICTORIA AVGЧ (Imperial victory). Mint mark: CONOB. Control mark: S (6).
Bibliography: MIB III 29
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