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ID number:  BIRBI-B2885
Object type:  Coin
Institution:  The Barber Institute of Fine Arts
Named collection:  P. D. Whitting Collection
Collector:  Whitting, Philip D.; Stewart, James R.; Limassol Hoard
Maker:  Herakleios I; Constantine III; Constantinople
Denomination:  Solidus
Place made:  Eurasia: Istanbul
Culture:  Byzantine
Date made:  629-632
Metal:  Gold
Diameter (cm):  2.1
Weight (g):  4.44
Axis (degrees):  180.00
Provenance:  Whitting 0137. 30th January 1968; Limassol Hoard, 1954; ex James R. Stewart Collection.
BIRBI-B2885.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 Eτ hЄ … C … (Our lords Herakleios and Herakleios Constantine). Reverse: VICTORIA A … (Imperial victory). Mint mark: CONOB. Control mark: … (Untranslatable control mark).

Bibliography:  MIB III 29

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