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ID number:  BIRBI-B3230
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; Arabic
Date made:  624-629
Metal:  Base Metal
Diameter (cm):  2.6
Weight (g):  6.69
Axis (degrees):  0.00
Provenance:  Whitting 5167. 9th February 1966; ex Thorburn Collection.
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Description:  Obverse: To the l., Eudokia Epiphania facing, standing, smaller, wearing chlamys, and cross-topped crown with pendilia, holding globus cruciger in r. hand. In the centre, Herakleios facing, standing, bearded, wearing chlamys, and cross-topped crown, holding globus cruciger in r. hand. To the r., Constantine III facing, standing, smaller, unbearded, wearing chlamys, and cross-topped crown with pendilia, 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: CON. Control mark: Γ (3).

Bibliography:  MIB III 162b

Notes:  Whitting believed this to be a contemporary counterfeit; Thorburn, from whose collection this coin originates, belived it to be Arab-Byzantine.

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