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ID number: BIRBI-B2997 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 (22 Carats) Place made: Eurasia: Istanbul Culture: Byzantine Date made: 613-616 Metal: Gold Diameter (cm): 2.2 Weight (g): 4.11 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 1243. 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.
Inscriptions: Obverse: dd NN hЄRACLIЧS Єτ … CO … (Our lords Herakleios and Herakleios Constantine). Reverse: VICTOR … AVGЧ (Imperial victory). Mint mark: OB+*. Control mark: I (10).
Bibliography: MIB III 59
Notes: Doublestruck on the reverse.
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