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Numismatics

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.

4 Related People

Herakleios I
Byzantine
c.575
641
Constantine III
Byzantine
612
641
Carthage
Roman;Byzantine


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Whitting, Philip David
British
1903
1988
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