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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
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