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ID number: BIRBI-B3253 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: 629-636 Metal: Base Metal Diameter (cm): 2.95 Weight (g): 9.57 Axis (degrees): 0.00 Provenance: Whitting 2039. W.V.R.B. July 1952. |
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Description: Obverse: To the l., Herakleios facing, standing, wearing military attire, and cross-topped crown, holding a cross-topped sceptre in r. hand. To the r., Constantine III facing, standing, wearing chlamys, and cross-topped crown, holding globus cruciger in r. hand. A cross between their heads. Reverse: M.
Inscriptions: Obverse: None. Reverse: ANNO X … (Year 20-26). Mint mark: CON. Control mark: Δ (4).
Bibliography: MIB III 164
Notes: Overstruck obverse on obverse; on a follis of an unknown emperor and mint.
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