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ID number:  BIRBI-B3277
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:  633-634
Metal:  Base Metal
Diameter (cm):  2.55
Weight (g):  4.43
Axis (degrees):  0.00
Provenance:  Whitting 0619. R.M. Cunningham, February 1951.
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Description:  Obverse: To the l., Herakleios facing, standing, with moustache and long beard, wearing military attire and crown, holding sceptre in r. hand. To the r., Constantine III facing, standing, bearded, wearing chlamys, and cross-topped crown, holding globus cruciger in r. hand. A cross between their heads. Reverse: M, cross on a crescent above.

Inscriptions:  Obverse: None. Reverse: … NNO XXIIII (Year 24). Mint mark: CON. Control mark: A (1).

Bibliography:  MIB III 164b

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