Online Collections at UoB - Objects
Go to the Advanced Search
Viewing Record 1 of 1 


Numismatics

ID number:  BIRBI-B2870
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:  629-632
Metal:  Gold
Diameter (cm):  2.05
Weight (g):  4.38
Axis (degrees):  180.00
Provenance:  Whitting 0194. Stack, New York, 28th June 1952; ex Charles Raphael Collection.
BIRBI-B2870.jpg

Description:  Obverse: To the l., bust of Herakleios facing, with long beard and moustache, 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.

Inscriptions:  Obverse: dd NN hЄRACLIЧS τЄ hЄRA CONSτ PP AVC (Our lords Herakleios and Herakleios Constantine, eternal Augusti). Reverse: VICTORIA AVGЧ (Imperial victory). Mint mark: CONOB. Control mark: Є (5).

Bibliography:  MIB III 29

Notes:  Graffiti in the field of reverse.

4 Related People

Constantinople
Roman;Byzantine


Whitting_Phillip-T.jpg
Whitting, Philip David
British
1903
1988
Herakleios I
Byzantine
c.575
641
Constantine III
Byzantine
612
641
Viewing Record 1 of 1