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ID number: BIRBI-B3132 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: 613-614 Metal: Base Metal Diameter (cm): 3.15 Weight (g): 11.32 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 0660. |

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Description: Obverse: To the l., Herakleios facing, standing, wearing chlamys. To the r., Constantine III facing, standing, smaller, unbearded, wearing chlamys. Reverse: M.
Inscriptions: Obverse: … ЄRA CONSτ (Herakleios Constantine). Reverse: … N … IIII (Year 4). Mint mark: … (Untranslatable mint mark). Control mark: Γ (3).
Bibliography: MIB III 160
Notes: Twice overstruck; first, obverse on reverse, on a Constantinople follis of Phokas; in turn overstruck on a Kyzikos follis of Maurice, obverse on reverse - both of uncertain dates.
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