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ID number: BIRBI-B3291 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: 635-636 Metal: Base Metal Diameter (cm): 2.6 Weight (g): 4.89 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 1670. Glendining, 3rd May 1951. |
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Description: Obverse: To the l., Herakleios facing, standing, with moustache and long beard, wearing military attire, and cross-topped crown, holding cross-topped sceptre in r. hand. To the r., Constantine III facing, standing, bearded, wearing chlamys and crown, holding globus cruciger in r. hand. A cross between their heads. Reverse: M, monogram of Herakleios above.
Inscriptions: Obverse: None. Reverse: … XXϚ ([Inferred] Year 26). Mint mark: … ON. Control mark: Є (5).
Bibliography: MIB III 164d
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