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ID number: BIRBI-B3062 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: Hexagram Place made: Eurasia: Istanbul Culture: Byzantine Date made: 625-629 Metal: Silver Diameter (cm): 2.50 Weight (g): 5.54 Axis (degrees): 0.00 Provenance: Whitting 0538. A.H. Baldwin, February 1952. |
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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, smaller, 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; base of cross forked. K in the r. of the field.
Inscriptions: Obverse: dd NN hЄRACLIЧS … RA CO (Our lords Herakleios and Herakleios Constantine). Reverse: ∂ЄЧS A∂IЧτA ROMA … (God help the Romans).
Bibliography: MIB III 140
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