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ID number: BIRBI-B3257 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: 629-630 Metal: Base Metal Diameter (cm): 3.15 Weight (g): 11.61 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 2044. B.A. Seaby, December 1948. |
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Description: Obverse: To the l., Herakleios facing, standing, wearing military attire, holding a cross-topped sceptre in r. hand. To the r., Constantine III facing, standing, wearing chlamys, holding globus cruciger in r. hand. A cross between their heads. Reverse: M, cross on a crescent above.
Inscriptions: Obverse: None. Reverse: ANNO XX (Year 20). Mint mark: … O … Control mark: Є (5).
Bibliography: MIB III 164b
Notes: Overstruck obverse on reverse; undertype unclear.
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