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ID number: BIRBI-B3702 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D. Maker: Herakleios; Ravenna Denomination: Tremissis Place made: Ravenna Culture: Byzantine Date made: 610-641 Metal: Gold Diameter (cm): 1.50 Weight (g): 1.47 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 1621 - given by G. C. Haines, 8th January 1968 - originally bt E. Lincoln 1921. |

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Description: Obverse: Bust of Herakleios r. wearing chlamys and diadem with cross. Reverse: Cross potent.
Inscriptions: Obverse: DN HЄRΛC LIVS PPAVC (Our Lord Herakleios eternal Augustus). Reverse: VICTORIΛ ΛVCVSTORVN (Victory of the Augusti). Mint mark: CONOB.
Bibliography: DOC II.1 AV276, MIB III 125a
Notes: Was used as part of 'All That Glitters…' project.
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