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ID number: BIRBI-B3271 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: 632-633 Metal: Base Metal Diameter (cm): 2.9 Weight (g): 6.92 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 0611. R.M. Cunningham, February 1951. |

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Description: Obverse: To the l., Herakleios facing, standing, wearing military attire and crown. To the r., Constantine III facing, standing, bearded, wearing chlamys and crown, holding globus cruciger in r. hand. A cross between their heads. A K in the r. of the field. Reverse: M, cross above.
Inscriptions: Obverse: None. Reverse: … N … XXIII (Year 23). Mint mark: … O … Control mark: Γ (3).
Bibliography: MIB III 164a
Notes: Overstruck obverse on obverse; undertype a double emperor half-follis.
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