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ID number: BIRBI-B3137 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D.; Stewart, James R. Maker: Herakleios I; Constantine III; Constantinople Denomination: Follis Place made: Eurasia: Istanbul Culture: Byzantine Date made: 613-614 Metal: Base Metal Diameter (cm): 3.25 Weight (g): 12.22 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 5669. 30th January 1968; ex James R. Stewart Collection. Ex Kolocasides, Nicosia; presented April 1947. |
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Description: Obverse: To the l., Herakleios facing, standing, wearing chlamys, holding globus cruciger in r. hand. To the r., Constantine III facing, standing, smaller, unbearded, wearing chlamys, holding globus cruciger in r. hand. Reverse: M.
Inscriptions: Obverse: … Sτ … (Constantine). Reverse: ANN … IIII (Year 4). Mint mark: … (Untranslatable mint mark). Control mark: … (Untranslatable control mark).
Bibliography: MIB III 160
Notes: Overstruck obverse on obverse; undertype a Kyzikos coin of Phokas and Leontia, control mark: B (2).
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