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ID number: BIRBI-B2739 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D. Maker: Herakleios I; Constantinople Denomination: Solidus Place made: Eurasia: Istanbul Culture: Byzantine Date made: 610-613 Metal: Gold Diameter (cm): 2.25 Weight (g): 4.46 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 0195. Stack, New York, 28th June 1952; ex Charles Raphael Collection. |

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Description: Obverse: Bust of Herakleios facing, bearded, wearing cuirass, paludamentum, and cross-topped crown with plume and pendilia, holding a cross in r. hand. Reverse: Cross potent on three steps.
Inscriptions: Obverse: o N hЄRACLI ЧS PP AVC (Our lord Herakleios, eternal Augustus). Reverse: VICTORIA AVGЧ (Imperial victory). Mint mark: CONOB. Control mark: Є (5).
Bibliography: MIB III 5
Notes: Doublestrike on both the obverse and reverse.
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