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Numismatics

ID number:  BIRBI-B3661
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:  632-641; 629-639
Metal:  Base Metal
Diameter (cm):  2.55
Weight (g):  5.89
Axis (degrees):  180.00
Provenance:  Whitting 4435. A.H. Baldwin, May 1949.
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Description:  Obverse: (Original) To the r., Constantine III facing, standing, wearing chlamys and crown, holding globus in r. hand. (Countermark) To the l., bust of Herakleios facing, with moustache and long beard, wearing paludamentum, and cross-topped crown. To the r., bust of Constantine III facing, bearded, wearing paludamentum and crown. Reverse: (Original) M. (Countermark) Monogram of Herakleios.

Inscriptions:  Obverse: (Original) None. (Countermark) None. Reverse: (Original) None visible. Mint mark: … N. Control mark: None visible. (Countermark) SC.

Bibliography:  (Original) MIB III 164; (Countermark) MIB III Km.6

5 Related People

Whitting_Phillip-T.jpg
Whitting, Philip David
British
1903
1988
Sicily
Roman;Ostrogothic;Italian;Aghlabid;Norman;Sicilian


Constantinople
Roman;Byzantine


Herakleios I
Byzantine
c.575
641
Constantine III
Byzantine
612
641
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