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ID number: BIRBI-B3709 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: G. Haines Collection Collector: Haines, Geoffrey Maker: Herakleios I; Constantine III; Ravenna Denomination: Follis Place made: Europe: Italy, Ravenna Culture: Byzantine Date made: 616-617 Metal: Base Metal Diameter (cm): 2.25 Weight (g): 5.46 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Haines 929. Ex Reverend E. Gantz, 1927. |

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Description: Obverse: To the l., bust of Herakleios facing, bearded, wearing cuirass, paludamentum, and cross-topped crown. To the r., bust of Constantine III facing, smaller, unbearded, wearing cuirass, paludamentum, and cross-topped crown. A cross between their heads. Reverse: M; cross above.
Inscriptions: Obverse: … R … S CT CO … (Herakleios and Herakleios Constantine). Reverse: ANNO VII (Year 7). Mint mark: RΛV. Control mark: A (1).
Bibliography: MIB III 250
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