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ID number: BIRBI-B3574 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D.; Tunis 1954 Hoard Maker: Herakleios; Constantine III; Carthage Denomination: Solidus Place made: Carthage Culture: Byzantine Date made: 613-629 Metal: Gold Diameter (cm): 1.40 Weight (g): 4.31 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 475. bt. A. H. Baldwin 30th August 1954, from a hoard found near Tunis in 1954. |
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Description: Obverse: busts of Herakleios and Herakleios Constantine facing wearing chlamys and cross crown, cross floating above between heads. Reverse: cross potent on two steps.
Inscriptions: Obverse: DN ЄRACΛII Єτ ЄRA CONT PP (Our Lords Herakleios and Herakleios Constantine eternal Augusti). Reverse: VICTORI A AVCC (Imperial Victory). Control mark: B (2). Mint mark: CONOB.
Bibliography: MIB III 84
Notes: Has been XRF tested as part of 'All That Glitters' project.
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