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ID number:  BIRBI-B3067
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:  635-637
Metal:  Silver
Diameter (cm):  2.25
Weight (g):  4.19
Axis (degrees):  180.00
Provenance:  Whitting 0531. A.H. Baldwin, January 1951.
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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; base of cross forked. Monogram of Herakleios in the r. of the field; and I in the l. of the field.

Inscriptions:  Obverse: 9 N ЧЄRACIIЧ Є … ([Inferred] Our lords Herakleios and). Reverse: ∂ЄЧS A∂IЧτ … R … (God help the Romans).

Bibliography:  MIB III 144

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