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Numismatics

ID number:  BIRBI-B3650
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; 630-631
Metal:  Base Metal
Diameter (cm):  3.45
Weight (g):  14.65
Axis (degrees):  180.00
Provenance:  Whitting 4437. W.V.R. Baldwin, April 1952.
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Description:  Obverse: (Original, uppermost layer) To the l., Herakleios facing, standing, with moustache and beard, wearing cross-topped crown. To the r., Constantine III facing, standing, wearing chlamys, and cross-topped crown, holding globus cruciger in r. hand. A cross between their heads. A K in the r. of the field. (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, uppermost layer) M. (Countermark) None.

Inscriptions:  Obverse: (Original, uppermost layer) None. (Countermark 2) None. Reverse: (Original, uppermost layer) … XXI ([Year] 21). Mint mark: … ON. Control mark: Γ (3). (Countermark 2) None. Mint mark: SCI.

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

Notes:  Countermark 2 over Countermark 1, on a year 21, Constantinopolitan follis of Herakleios and Constantine III; overstruck obverse on reverse, on a follis of Justin I or Justinian I, 518-537.

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Whitting, Philip David
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