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ID number: BIRBI-B3517 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D. Maker: Herakleios; Constantine III; Alexandria Denomination: Dodecanummium Place made: Africa: Egypt, Lower Egypt, Alexandria Culture: Byzantine Date made: 613-618 Metal: Base metal Diameter (cm): 1.61 Weight (g): 4.71 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 0199. |
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Description: Obverse: Bust of Herakleios, to the l., facing, bearded, wearing chlamys, and cross topped crown with pendilia. To the r. a bust of Herakleios Constantine, facing, beardless, wearing chlamys, and cross topped crown with pendilia. Reverse: IB; in between the numerals, a cross potent on two steps.
Inscriptions: Obverse: d m hЄ RЦ Є C ([Inferred] Our lord Herakleios). Reverse: None. Mint mark: AΛЄΞ.
Bibliography: DOC I AE 189; MIB III 200a
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