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ID number: BIRBI-B4063 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; Constantinople Denomination: Half-Follis Place made: Eurasia: Istanbul Culture: Byzantine Date made: 629-639 Metal: Base Metal Diameter (cm): 2.15 Weight (g): 1.83 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 1654. |

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Description: Obverse: To the l., Herakleios facing, standing, bearded, wearing military attire, and cross-topped crown, holding long cross in r. hand. To the r., Constantine III facing, standing, unbearded, wearing chlamys and crown, holding globus cruciger in r. hand. A cross between their heads. Reverse: K, cross above.
Inscriptions: Obverse: None. Reverse: AN … X … I … (Year 20-29). Control mark: Γ (3).
Bibliography: MIB III 171a
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