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ID number: BIRBI-B3583 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D. Maker: Herakleios; Constantine III; Carthage Denomination: Solidus Place made: Carthage Culture: Byzantine Date made: 613-616 Metal: Gold Diameter (cm): 1.30 Weight (g): 4.50 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 532 - bt A. H. Baldwin 15th February 1956, from Paris. |

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Description: Obverse: Busts of Herakleios bearded and child Herakleios Constantine facing wearing chlamys and cross crown, cross floating above between heads. Reverse: Cross potent on three steps.
Inscriptions: Obverse: DN Є… Єτ ЄRA COSτAO (Our Lords Herakleios and Herakleios Constantine). Reverse: VICTORI A AVCC (Imperial Victory). Control mark: θ (9). Mint mark: CONOB.
Bibliography: MIB III 84
Notes: Was used as part of 'All That Glitters…' project.
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