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ID number: BIRBI-B2763 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D. Maker: Herakleios; Constantine III; Constantinople Denomination: Solidus Place made: Istanbul Culture: Byzantine Date made: 613-616 Metal: Gold Diameter (cm): 2.20 Weight (g): 4.47 Axis (degrees): 225.00 Provenance: Whitting 1465 - Istanbul 3rd July 1965. |

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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: …ERACLIЧ[reversed]S Eτ hЄRA CONST PP AV (Our Lord Herakleios and Herakleios Constantine eternal Augusti). Reverse: VICTORIA AVҀЧ (Imperial Victory). Control mark: H (8). Mint mark: CONOB.
Bibliography: DOC II.1 AV8h, MIB III 8a
Notes: Double-struck on both faces. Was used as part of 'All That Glitters…' project.
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