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ID number: BIRBI-B3008 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Maker: Herakleios I; Constantinople Denomination: Semissis Place made: Eurasia: Istanbul Culture: Byzantine Date made: 610-613 Metal: Gold Diameter (cm): 1.85 Weight (g): 2.18 Axis (degrees): 180.00 |

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Description: Obverse: Bust of Herakleios, unbearded, facing r., wearing diadem, paludamentum, and cuirass. Reverse: Cross potent on a globe.
Inscriptions: Obverse: d N hЄRACLI ЧS PP AVS (Our lord Herakleios, eternal Augustus). Reverse: VICTORIA AVGЧ (Imperial victory). Control mark: Є (5).
Bibliography: MIB III 71a
Notes: Clipped to the bottom l. of the obverse.
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