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ID number:  BIRBI-B3481
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):  3.45
Weight (g):  11.34
Axis (degrees):  0.00
Provenance:  Whitting 5352. Spink, August 1966; "From South East Turkey".
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Description:  Obverse: To the l., bust of Herakleios facing, bearded, wearing chlamys and crown. To the r., bust of Constantine III facing, smaller, unbearded, wearing chlamys. Reverse: M.

Inscriptions:  Obverse: dd N … h … AC … (Our lords Herakleios). Reverse: … NO ϚI (Year 7). Mint mark: SЄLISЧ. Control mark: Є (5).

Bibliography:  MIB III 192

Notes:  Overstruck obverse on reverse; undertype a Constantinopolitan coin of Phokas, of uncertain denomination and year.

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