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ID number: BIRBI-B2707 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D. Maker: Herakleios the Elder; Herakleios; Carthage Denomination: Solidus Place made: Carthage Culture: Byzantine Date made: 608-610 Metal: Gold Diameter (cm): 1.65 Weight (g): 4.42 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 726 - bt A. H. Baldwin April 1958, ex Herzfelder. |
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Description: Obverse: Busts of Herkleios the elder and younger both bearded and bareheaded facing, wearing chlamys with loros scarf, cross floating above between heads. Reverse: Cross potent on three steps.
Inscriptions: Obverse: DN HЄRACΛI CONSVΛIJΓ (Our Lords Herakleioi Consuls). Reverse: VICTORIA CONSVΛII (Consular Victory). Control mark: Γ (3). Mint mark: CONOB.
Bibliography: DOC II.1 AV3, MIB II 1
Notes: Was used as part of 'All That Glitters…' project.
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