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ID number:  BIRBI-B2817
Object type:  Coin
Institution:  The Barber Institute of Fine Arts
Named collection:  G. Haines Collection
Collector:  Haines, Geoffrey
Maker:  Herakleios I; Constantine III; Constantinople
Denomination:  Solidus
Place made:  Eurasia: Istanbul
Culture:  Byzantine
Date made:  616-625
Metal:  Gold
Diameter (cm):  2.05
Weight (g):  4.36
Axis (degrees):  180.00
Provenance:  Haines 3730. B.A. Seaby, 1961.
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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: ∂∂ NN HЄRACLIЧS Єτ hЄRA CONSτ bb (Our lords Herakleios and Herakleios Constantine). Reverse: VICTORIA AVSЧ (Imperial victory). Mint mark: CONOB. Control mark: I (10).

Bibliography:  MIB III 11

Notes:  Possibly a cast counterfeit. Sight doublestrike on the reverse.

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