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ID number: BIRBI-B3149 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: 614-615 Metal: Base Metal Diameter (cm): 3.4 Weight (g): 11.02 Axis (degrees): 0.00 Provenance: Whitting 0626. |
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Description: Obverse: To the l., Herakleios facing, standing, wearing chlamys, and crown, holding globus cruciger in r. hand. To the r., Constantine III facing, standing, smaller, unbearded, wearing chlamys. Between their heads, a cross. Reverse: M, chrismon above.
Inscriptions: Obverse: .. NN hЄRA … ЄRA C … (Our lords Herakleios and Herakleios Constantine). Reverse: ANNO Ч (Year 5). Mint mark: … (Untranslatable mint mark). Control mark: Γ (3).
Bibliography: MIB III 160b
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