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Numismatics ID number: BIRBI-B3646 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; Sicily; Constantinople Denomination: Follis Place made: Europe: Italy, Sicily; Eurasia: Istanbul Culture: Byzantine Date made: 629-632; 612-616 Metal: Base Metal Diameter (cm): 3.25 Weight (g): 10.96 Axis (degrees): 0.00 Provenance: Whitting 4441. Dumbarton Oaks Duplicate, November 1958. |
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Description: Obverse: (Original, uppermost layer) To the l., Herakleios facing, standing, bearded. To the r., Constantine III facing, standing, wearing chlamys. (Countermark) To the l., bust of Herakleios facing, bearded, wearing paludamentum, and cross-topped crown. To the r., bust of Constantine III facing, unbearded, wearing paludamentum, and cross-topped crown. A cross between their heads. Reverse: (Original, uppermost layer) M. (Countermark) None. Inscriptions: Obverse: (Original, uppermost layer) None. (Countermark) None. Reverse: (Original, uppermost layer) ANNO … ([Inferred] Year 3-6). Mint mark: None visible. Control mark: None visible. (Countermark) None. Mint mark: SCLs. Bibliography: (Original, uppermost layer) MIB III 159 or 160; (Countermark) MIB III Km.5 Notes: Overstruck obverse on reverse; undertype a coin of Herakleios and Constantine III, MIB III type 159 or 160. Traces of a further undertype visible in the form of a cross on the figure of Herakleios Constantine on the uppermost layer of the original coin. |
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5 Related People | |
| Whitting, Philip David British 1903 1988 | |
| Constantinople Roman;Byzantine | |
| Sicily Roman;Ostrogothic;Italian;Aghlabid;Norman;Sicilian | |
| Herakleios I Byzantine c.575 641 | |
| Constantine III Byzantine 612 641 | |
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