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ID number:  BIRBI-B3108
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:  Follis
Place made:  Eurasia: Istanbul
Culture:  Byzantine
Date made:  612-613
Metal:  Base Metal
Diameter (cm):  2.8
Weight (g):  9.95
Axis (degrees):  180.00
Provenance:  Whitting 2485. A.H. Baldwin, September 1951.
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Description:  Obverse: To the l., Herakleios facing, standing, wearing chlamys, and holding globus cruciger in r. hand. To the r., Constantine III facing, standing, smaller, unbearded, wearing chlamys, and cross-topped crown, holding globus cruciger in r. hand. Between their heads, a cross. Reverse: M.

Inscriptions:  Obverse: … NN … (Lords). Reverse: ANNO III (Year 3). Mint mark: … Control mark: B (2).

Bibliography:  MIB III 160b

Notes:  Overstruck obverse on reverse; undertype a coin of Phokas, of uncertain date and mint.

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