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ID number: BIRBI-B3002 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 (20 Carats) Place made: Eurasia: Istanbul Culture: Byzantine Date made: 616-625 Metal: Gold Diameter (cm): 2 Weight (g): 3.67 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 0729. Dorotheum, Vienna, April 1958. |

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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: … ACLIЧS Єτ hЄ … (Herakleios and Herakleios Constantine). Reverse: V … TORIA AVS … (Imperial victory). Mint mark: BOXX. Control mark: C (5).
Bibliography: MIB III 65
Notes: Pierced, obverse to reverse, to the l. of the obverse.
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