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ID number: BIRBI-B3060 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: G. Haines Collection Collector: Haines, Geoffrey Maker: Herakleios I; Constantine III; Constantinople Denomination: Hexagram Place made: Eurasia: Istanbul Culture: Byzantine Date made: 625-629 Metal: Silver Diameter (cm): 2.40 Weight (g): 5.15 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Haines 4006. Spink, 1963. |

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Description: Obverse: To the l., Herakleios, bearded, wearing chlamys and cross-topped crown, holding globus cruciger in r. hand. To the r., Constantine III, unbearded, wearing chlamys and cross-topped crown, holding globus cruciger in r. hand. Both seated on a double throne facing; and a cross between their heads. Reverse: Cross potent above a globe and three steps. K in the r. of the field.
Inscriptions: Obverse: … IЧS Єτ hЄRA CONS (Herakleios and Herakleios Constantine). Reverse: … ЄЧS … ∂IЧ … A ROMANIS (God help the Romans).
Bibliography: MIB III 140
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