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ID number:  BIRBI-B3165
Object type:  Coin
Institution:  The Barber Institute of Fine Arts
Named collection:  G. Haines Collection
Collector:  Haines, Geoffrey
Maker:  Herakleios I; Constantine III; Constantinople
Denomination:  Follis
Place made:  Eurasia: Istanbul
Culture:  Byzantine
Date made:  612-616
Metal:  Base Metal
Diameter (cm):  3.2
Weight (g):  12.10
Axis (degrees):  180.00
Provenance:  Haines 3104. G. de Falco, Naples, 1956.
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Description:  Obverse: To the l., Herakleios facing, standing, bearded, wearing chlamys, and trefoil-topped crown with pendilia, holding globus cruciger in r. hand. To the r., Constantine III facing, standing, smaller, unbearded, wearing chlamys, and trefoil-topped crown, holding globus cruciger in r. hand. Between their heads, a cross. Reverse: M.

Inscriptions:  Obverse: … N hRACLIO S Єτ hЄR … (Our lords Herakleios and Herakleios Constantine). Reverse: … NNO … (Year 2, 3, 4, 5, or 6). Mint mark: CON. Control mark: B (2).

Bibliography:  MIB III 160

Notes:  Twice overstruck; first, obverse on obverse, on a year seven, Nikomedia follis of Phokas; in turn overstruck on a pre-reform, Anastasius to 537 coin, obverse on obverse.

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Herakleios I
Byzantine
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Constantine III
Byzantine
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