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ID number: BIRBI-B2795 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: 616-625 Metal: Gold Diameter (cm): 2.1 Weight (g): 4.49 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 0769. A.H. Baldwin, December 1958; "From Syria". |

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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 N … Єτ hЄRA CONSτ PP A (Our lords Herakleios Constantine, eternal Augusti). Reverse: VICTORIA … Ч (Imperial victory). Mint mark: CONOB. Control mark: … (Untranslatable control mark).
Bibliography: MIB III 11
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