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ID number: BIRBI-B3258 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Maker: Herakleios I; Constantine III; Constantinople Denomination: Follis Place made: Eurasia: Istanbul Culture: Byzantine Date made: 629-630 Metal: Base Metal Diameter (cm): 2.65 Weight (g): 5.85 Axis (degrees): 0.00 |

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Description: Obverse: To the l., Herakleios facing, standing, with moustache and long beard, wearing military attire, holding a cross-topped sceptre in r. hand. To the r., Constantine III facing, standing, wearing chlamys, holding globus cruciger in r. hand. A cross between their heads. Reverse: M, cross above.
Inscriptions: Obverse: None. Reverse: ANN … X (Year 20). Mint mark: … O … Control mark: … (Untranslatable control mark).
Bibliography: MIB III 164a
Notes: Overstruck obverse on obverse; undertype a follis of Maurice, of uncertain mint and year.
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