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ID number: BIRBI-B2776 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D. Maker: Herakleios I; Constantine III; Constantinople Denomination: Solidus Place made: Eurasia: Istanbul Culture: Byzantine Date made: 613-616 Metal: Gold Diameter (cm): 2.2 Weight (g): 4.34 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 1464. |
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Description: Obverse: To the l., bust of Herakleios facing, bearded, wearing chlamys with fibula, and cross-topped crown. To the r., bust of Constantine III facing, unbearded, wearing chlamys with fibula, and cross-topped crown. A cross in the upper r. of the field, above Constantine III's head. Reverse: Cross potent on three steps. I in the r. of the field.
Inscriptions: Obverse: dd NN hЄRACLIЧS Єτ h … CONST PP AV (Our lords Herakleios and Herakleios Constantine, eternal Augusti). Reverse: VICTORIA AVCЧ (Imperial victory). Mint mark: CONOB. Control mark: I (10).
Bibliography: MIB III 10
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