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Numismatics

ID number:  BIRBI-B3648
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; 629-632
Metal:  Base Metal
Diameter (cm):  3.23
Weight (g):  10.40
Axis (degrees):  180.00
Provenance:  Whitting 4440. A.H. Baldwin, August 1948.
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Description:  Obverse: (Original) To the l., Herakleios facing, standing, with moustache and beard, wearing military attire, and cross-topped crown. To the r., Constantine III facing, standing, wearing cross-topped crown, holding globus cruciger in r. hand. A cross between their heads. (Countermark) To the l., bust of Herakleios facing, bearded, wearing 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) M. (Countermark) None.

Inscriptions:  Obverse: (Original) None. (Countermark) None. Reverse: (Original) ANN … (Year 20-22). Mint mark: … O … Control mark: A (1). (Countermark) None. Mint mark: SCLs.

Bibliography:  (Original) MIB III 164; (Countermark) MIB III Km.5

Notes:  Overstruck obverse on obverse; undertype a Nikomedia coin of an uncertain emperor.

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Herakleios I
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Whitting, Philip David
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