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Numismatics ID number: BIRBI-B2779 Object type: Coin Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D.; Athens Hoard Maker: Herakleios I; Constantine III; Uncertain mint Denomination: Solidus Culture: Byzantine Date made: 616-625 Metal: Gold Diameter (cm): 2.25 Weight (g): 4.34 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 0561. July 1956; "Found near Athens, recently, in a hoard of fifty odd solidi, mainly of Phocas". |
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Description: Obverse: To the l., bust of Herakleios facing, bearded, wearing chlamys with fibula, and cross-topped diadem. To the r., bust of Constantine III facing, unbearded, wearing chlamys with fibula, and cross-topped diadem. A cross in the upper r. of the field, above Constantine III's head. Reverse: Cross potent on three steps. Inscriptions: Obverse: dd NN hЄRACLIЧS Єτ hЄRA CONSτ PP AC (Our lords Herakleios and Herakleios Constantine, eternal Augusti). Reverse: VICTORIA AVGЧ (Imperial victory). Mint mark: CONOB. Control mark: Є• (5). Bibliography: MIB III 107a Notes: Doublestrike on the reverse. |
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5 Related People | |
| Whitting, Philip David British 1903 1988 | |
| Athens Hoard | |
| Constantine III Byzantine 612 641 | |
| Herakleios I Byzantine c.575 641 | |
| Uncertain mint | |
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