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ID number: BIRBI-B3086 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: 611-612 Metal: Base Metal Diameter (cm): 2.75 Weight (g): 9.36 Axis (degrees): 0.00 Provenance: Whitting 2359. B.A. Seaby, 27th October 1953. |

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Description: Obverse: Bust of Herakleios facing, bearded, wearing cuirass, and cross-topped crown with pendilia and plume, holding globus cruciger in r. hand, and shield on l. arm. Reverse: M, cross above.
Inscriptions: Obverse: … LI PЄR … AV … (Herakleios, eternal Augustus). Reverse: ANN … II (Year 2). Mint mark: CON. Control mark: Δ (4).
Bibliography: MIB III 158
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