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ID number: BIRBI-B3022 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D. Maker: Herakleios I; Constantinople Denomination: Semissis Place made: Eurasia: Istanbul Culture: Byzantine Date made: 613-641 Metal: Gold Diameter (cm): 1.75 Weight (g): 2.16 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 1181. Sotheby, 2nd March 1963; ex Dr S.G. Eleftheriadis. |

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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: o N hЄRACLI ЧSτ PP AV (Our lord Herakleios, eternal Augustus). Reverse: VICTORIA AVⱵЧ (Imperial victory). Control mark: S (6).
Bibliography: MIB III 72
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