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ID number:  BIRBI-B2854
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:  625-629
Metal:  Gold
Diameter (cm):  2.05
Weight (g):  4.53
Axis (degrees):  180.00
Provenance:  Whitting 1128. A.H. Baldwin, 19th September 1953.
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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, bearded, wearing chlamys with fibula, and cross-topped diadem. A cross in between the heads of Herakleios and Constantine III. Reverse: Cross potent on three steps. K in the r. of the field.

Inscriptions:  Obverse: dd NN hЄRACLIЧS Єτ hЄRA CONSτ P … (Our lords Herakleios and Herakleios Constantine, eternal Augusti). Reverse: VICTORIA AVGЧ (Imperial victory). Mint mark: CONOB. Control mark: S (6).

Bibliography:  MIB III 28

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