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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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