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ID number: BIRBI-B3284 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: 634-635 Metal: Base Metal Diameter (cm): 2.1 Weight (g): 7.70 Axis (degrees): 0.00 Provenance: Whitting 0614. 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, holding globus in r. hand. Reverse: M.
Inscriptions: Obverse: None. Reverse: … NN … XXЧ (Year 25). Mint mark: CON. Control mark: Є (5).
Bibliography: MIB III 164
Notes: Traces of overstrike; control mark unusually large.
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