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ID number: BIRBI-B3070 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D. Maker: Herakleios I; Constantinople Denomination: Follis Place made: Eurasia: Istanbul Culture: Byzantine Date made: 610-612 Metal: Base Metal Diameter (cm): 2.90 Weight (g): 10.70 Axis (degrees): 0.00 Provenance: Whitting 4658. Spink, 20th March 1964. |
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Description: Obverse: Bust of Herakleios facing, bearded, wearing cuirass, and plumed helmet with pendilia, holding globus cruciger in r. hand, and shield decorated with horseman on l. arm. Reverse: M, cross above.
Inscriptions: Obverse: … IЧS PЄR AV (Herakleios, eternal Augustus). Reverse: ANNO I … (Year 1 or 2). Mint mark: CON. Control mark: A (1).
Bibliography: MIB III 158
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