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ID number:  BIRBI-B3261
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:  630-631
Metal:  Base Metal
Diameter (cm):  3.05
Weight (g):  10.61
Axis (degrees):  180.00
Provenance:  Whitting 0609.
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Description:  Obverse: To the l., Herakleios facing, standing, with moustache and long beard, wearing military attire, and cross-topped crown, 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. A monogram of Herakleios in the l. of the field. Reverse: M, cross above.

Inscriptions:  Obverse: None. Reverse: … NN … XXI (Year 21). Mint mark: CON. Control mark: Γ (3).

Bibliography:  MIB III 164a

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641
Constantinople
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