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ID number: BIRBI-B3033 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: Tremissis Place made: Eurasia: Istanbul Culture: Byzantine Date made: 610-613 Metal: Gold Diameter (cm): 1.75 Weight (g): 1.47 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 0758. A.H. Baldwin, December 1958; "From Syria". |
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Description: Obverse: Bust of Herakleios, unbearded, facing r., wearing diadem, paludamentum, and cuirass. Reverse: Cross potent.
Inscriptions: Obverse: d N hЄRACII … S PP AVC (Our lord Herakleios, eternal Augustus). Reverse: VICTORIA AVGЧ (Imperial victory). Mint mark: CONO… Control mark: C (5).
Bibliography: MIB III 73a
Notes: Traces of brockage on the reverse.
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