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ID number: BIRBI-B4527ADD Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D. Maker: Herakleios I; Ravenna Denomination: Tremissis Place made: Europe: Italy, Ravenna Culture: Byzantine Date made: 610-641 Metal: Gold Diameter (cm): 1.6 Weight (g): 1.41 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting G555, June 1956. |

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Description: Obverse: Profile bust of Herakleios, facing r., wearing diadem and chlamys. Reverse: Cross potent.
Inscriptions: Obverse: DNHЄRACL IVSPPAVCC (Our lord Herakleios, eternal augustus) Reverse: VICTORIAAVGSTORV (Imperial victory) Mint mark: CONOB
Bibliography: MIB.3.127
Notes: Previously owned by Venetian polymath Apostolo Zeno (1668-1750)
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