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ID number:  BIRBI-B3069
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:  637-641
Metal:  Silver
Diameter (cm):  2.35
Weight (g):  4.95
Axis (degrees):  180.00
Provenance:  Whitting 4076. K. Kress, Munich, July 1963.
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Description:  Obverse: In the centre, Herakleios facing, standing, with long beard and moustache, wearing chlamys, and cross-topped crown; holding globus cruciger in r. hand. To the r., Constantine III facing, standing, unbearded, wearing chlamys, and cross-topped crown; holding globus cruciger in r. hand. To the l., Herakleonas facing, standing, unbearded, wearing chlamys, and cross-topped crown; holding globus cruciger in r. hand. Reverse: Cross potent above a globe and three steps.

Inscriptions:  Obverse: None. Reverse: ∂ЄЧS A∂IЧτA ROMANIS (God help the Romans).

Bibliography:  MIB III 146

4 Related People

Herakleios I
Byzantine
c.575
641
Constantine III
Byzantine
612
641
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Whitting, Philip David
British
1903
1988
Constantinople
Roman;Byzantine


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