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ID number:  BIRBI-B3571
Object type:  Coin
Institution:  The Barber Institute of Fine Arts
Named collection:  P. D. Whitting Collection
Collector:  Whitting, Philip D.; Carthage 1945 Hoard
Maker:  Herakleios I; Constantine III; Carthage
Denomination:  Solidus
Place made:  Carthage
Culture:  Byzantine
Date made:  617-618
Metal:  Gold
Diameter (cm):  1.4
Weight (g):  4.52
Axis (degrees):  180.00
Provenance:  Whitting 1581. 5th October 1966; Carthage 1945 Hoard.
BIRBI-B3571.jpg

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. Between their heads, a cross. Reverse: Cross potent on a step.

Inscriptions:  Obverse: D N ЄRACLIO ЄRA CONST (Our lord Herakleios, Herakleios Constantine). Reverse: VICTORI A AVCC (Imperial victory). Mint mark: CONOB. Indiction year: S (Year 617-618).

Bibliography:  MIB III 84a

5 Related People

Herakleios I
Byzantine
c.575
641
Carthage 1945 Hoard



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Whitting, Philip David
British
1903
1988
Constantine III
Byzantine
612
641
Carthage
Roman;Byzantine


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