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ID number: BIRBI-B3587 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): 1.70 Weight (g): 4.39 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 435 - L. F. Forrer August 1953, from Carthage. |

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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 two steps.
Inscriptions: Obverse: DN ϵAChO CONS COAA (Our Lords Herakleios and Herkleios Constantine). Reverse: VICTORIA AVCC (Imperial Victory). Control mark: IЄ (15). Mint mark: CONOB.
Bibliography: MIB III 84
Notes: Was used as part of 'All That Glitters…' project.
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