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Numismatics ID number: BIRBI-B2762 Object type: Coin Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D. Maker: Herakleios; Constantine III; Alexandria; Cyprus Denomination: Solidus Place made: Alexandria or Cyprus Culture: Byzantine Date made: 613-616 Metal: Gold Diameter (cm): 2.05 Weight (g): 4.48 Axis (degrees): 225.00 Provenance: Whitting 1445 - bt A. H. Baldwin April 1965, from Istanbul. |
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Description: Obverse: Busts of Herakleios bearded and child Herakleios Constantine facing wearing chlamys and jewelled cross crown, cross floating above between heads, all above an exergue line. Reverse: Cross potent on four steps. Inscriptions: Obverse: ddNN hERACLIuS Et hERACONST PP A (Our Lords Herakleios and Herakleios Constantine eternal Augusti). Reverse: VICTORIA AVGu (Imperial Victory). Control mark: H (8). Mint mark: CONOB. Bibliography: DOC II.1 AV187 var. (Alexandria), MIB III 77 var. (Cyprus) Notes: Appears to have an Alexandrian/Cypriot obverse, but not a listed reverse for that mint. Was used as part of 'All That Glitters…' project. |
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5 Related People | |
| Whitting, Philip David British 1903 1988 | |
| Cyprus Byzantine;Frankish | |
| Herakleios I Byzantine c.575 641 | |
| Alexandria | |
| Constantine III Byzantine 612 641 | |
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