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ID number: BIRBI-B3232 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: G. Haines Collection Collector: Haines, Geoffrey Maker: Herakleios I; Constantine III; Constantinople Denomination: Follis Place made: Eurasia: Istanbul Culture: Byzantine Date made: 629-630 Metal: Base Metal Diameter (cm): 3.05 Weight (g): 8.34 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Haines 756. Ex Edward Shepherd Collection, 1924. |

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Description: Obverse: To the l., Herakleios facing, standing, with moustache and long beard, wearing military attire and crown. To the r., Constantine III facing, standing, bearded, wearing chlamys, and cross-topped crown, holding globus cruciger in r. hand. A cross between their heads. Reverse: M.
Inscriptions: Obverse: None. Reverse: … XX ([Inferred] Year 20). Mint mark: … ON. Control mark: A (1).
Bibliography: MIB III 164
Notes: Overstruck obverse on obverse; undertype unclear.
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