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ID number: BIRBI-B3064 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): 2.25 Weight (g): 6.59 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 0535. B.A. Seaby, December 1947. |

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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. K in the r. of the field.
Inscriptions: Obverse: … ЄRACLIЧS Єτ hЄRA CONSτ AV (Our lords Herakleios and Herakleios Constantine, Augusti). Reverse: ∂ЄЧS ∂ЄЧτA ROMANIS (God help the Romans).
Bibliography: MIB III 140
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