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ID number: BIRBI-B3479 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; Seleukeia-in-Isauria Denomination: Follis Place made: Eurasia: Mersin, Silifke Culture: Byzantine Date made: 616-617 Metal: Base Metal Diameter (cm): 3.2 Weight (g): 11.61 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 1020. A.H. Baldwin, November 1948. |
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Description: Obverse: To the l., bust of Herakleios facing, bearded, wearing chlamys, and cross-topped crown. To the r., bust of Constantine III facing, smaller, unbearded, wearing chlamys, and cross-topped crown. A cross between their heads. Reverse: M, chrismon above.
Inscriptions: Obverse: 7ΓP LINSCЄ/ (Garbled Inscription). Reverse: ANNO ϚI (Year 7). Mint mark: SЄLISЧ. Control mark: B [in retrograde] (2).
Bibliography: MIB III 192
Notes: Overstruck obverse on reverse; undertype unclear.
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