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ID number:  BIRBI-B3158
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:  612-616
Metal:  Base Metal
Diameter (cm):  3.25
Weight (g):  10.76
Axis (degrees):  180.00
Provenance:  Whitting 2462.
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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, wearing chlamys, holding globus cruciger in r. hand. Reverse: M, chrismon above.

Inscriptions:  Obverse: dd NN h … (Our lords Herakleios). Reverse: ANNO … (Year 2, 3, 4, 5, or 6). Mint mark: CO … Control mark: A (1).

Bibliography:  MIB III 160b

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

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