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ID number: BIRBI-B2865 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D.; Stewart, James R.; Limassol Hoard Maker: Herakleios; Constantinople Denomination: Nomisma Place made: Istanbul Culture: Byzantine Date made: 629-631 Metal: Gold Diameter (cm): 2.10 Weight (g): 4.45 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 692. Ex J. R. Stewart collection, 30th January 1968, from Limassol Hoard 1954. |

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Description: Obverse: Facing bust of Herakleios, l., with long beard, wearing diadem and chlamys, with facing bust of Herakleios Constantine r., bearded with diadem and chlamys, cross above. Reverse: Cross potent on three steps.
Inscriptions: Obverse: ∂∂MM nЄRACUUS Єτ ΛЄPA Couτ PЄ (Our lords Heraclius and Heraclius Constantine Emperors in perpetuity). Reverse: VICTOЯIA AVSЧ (Imperial Victory). Control Mark: Γ (3). Mint Mark: CONOB.
Bibliography: DOC II.1 pl. VIII 26e , MIB 3 pl. 2 29
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