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ID number: BIRBI-B2992 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: Lightweight Solidus (23 Carats) Place made: Eurasia: Istanbul Culture: Byzantine Date made: 613-616 Metal: Gold Diameter (cm): 2.1 Weight (g): 4.26 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 1169. Spink, July 1963; "From Egypt". |

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Description: Obverse: To the l., bust of Herakleios facing, bearded, wearing chlamys with fibula, and cross-topped crown. To the r., bust of Constantine III facing, unbearded, wearing chlamys with fibula, and cross-topped crown. A cross in between the heads of Herakleios and Constantine III. Reverse: Cross potent on three steps; a star to the l. and r.
Inscriptions: Obverse: dd NN hЄRACLIЧS Єτ hSRA CONSτ PP A (Our lords Herakleios and Herakleios Constantine, eternal Augusti). Reverse: VICTORIA AVSЧ (Imperial victory). Mint mark: CONOB. Control mark: I (10).
Bibliography: MIB III 55
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