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ID number:  BIRBI-B3228
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; Eudokia Epiphania; Constantinople
Denomination:  Follis
Place made:  Eurasia: Istanbul
Culture:  Byzantine
Date made:  624-629
Metal:  Base Metal
Diameter (cm):  2.25
Weight (g):  4.89
Axis (degrees):  180.00
Provenance:  Whitting 1671.
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Description:  Obverse: To the l., Eudokia Epiphania facing, standing, smaller, wearing chlamys. In the centre, 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, cross above. Monogram of Herakleios in the l. of the field.

Inscriptions:  Obverse: None. Reverse: ANNO … ([Inferred] Year 15-19). Mint mark: CO … Control mark: B (2).

Bibliography:  MIB III 162b

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

5 Related People

Constantinople
Roman;Byzantine


Herakleios I
Byzantine
c.575
641
Constantine III
Byzantine
612
641
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Whitting, Philip David
British
1903
1988
Eudokia Epiphania
Byzantine
611

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