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Numismatics ID number: BIRBI-B2993 Object type: Coin Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D.; Italian Hoard 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): 2.25 Weight (g): 4.27 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 0963. Italian Hoard, 1960; A.H. Baldwin, and Santa Maria, Rome, December 1960. |
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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 hЄRA CONSτ PP A (Our lords Herakleios and Herakleios Constantine, eternal Augusti). Reverse: VICTORIA AVGЧ (Imperial victory). Mint mark: CONOB. Control mark: Є (5). Bibliography: MIB III 55
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5 Related People | |
| Constantinople Roman;Byzantine | |
| Herakleios I Byzantine c.575 641 | |
| Constantine III Byzantine 612 641 | |
| Whitting, Philip David British 1903 1988 | |
| Italian Hoard | |
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