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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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