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ID number: BIRBI-B3606 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; Eudokia Epiphania; Carthage Denomination: One Third Siliqua Place made: Carthage Culture: Byzantine Date made: 617-641 Metal: Silver Diameter (cm): 1.1 Weight (g): 0.38 Axis (degrees): 90.00 Provenance: Whitting 2931. A.H. Baldwin, 25th February 1955. "From Glendining's sale of the stock of L.S. Forrer." |

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Description: Obverse: Bust of Herakleios facing, wearing cuirass, paludamentum, and cross-topped crown with pendilia. Reverse: To the l., bust of Constantine III facing, wearing chlamys, and cross-topped crown with pendilia. To the r., bust of Eudokia Epiphania facing, wearing chlamys, and crown with a string of pearls extending around her head. Between their heads, a cross.
Inscriptions: Obverse: … RA CLIO PP A (Herakleios, eternal Augustus). Reverse: None.
Bibliography: MIB III 149
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