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Numismatics

ID number:  BIRBI-B3275
Object type:  Coin
Institution:  The Barber Institute of Fine Arts
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):  2.75
Weight (g):  5.90
Axis (degrees):  180.00
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Description:  Obverse: To the l., Herakleios facing, standing, with moustache and long beard, wearing military attire, and cross-topped crown. To the r., Constantine III facing, standing, bearded, wearing chlamys, and cross-topped crown. A cross between their heads. Reverse: M, cross on a crescent above.

Inscriptions:  Obverse: None. Reverse: … XXIII ([Inferred] Year 23). Mint mark: … ON. Control mark: A (1).

Bibliography:  MIB III 164b

Notes:  Overstruck obverse on obverse; undertype a thirty nummi, control mark: Γ (3), of Herakleios and Constantine III.

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