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ID number: BIRBI-B3292 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: 630-637 Metal: Base Metal Diameter (cm): 2.7 Weight (g): 7.43 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 3333. 27th November 1958, Dumbarton Oaks Duplicates. |

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Description: Obverse: To the l., Herakleios facing, standing, with moustache and long beard, wearing military attire and crown, holding cross-topped sceptre in r. hand. To the r., Constantine III facing, standing, wearing chlamys. A cross between their heads. Reverse: M.
Inscriptions: Obverse: None. Reverse: ANN … ([Inferred] Year 21-27). Mint mark: CON. Control mark: Є (5).
Bibliography: MIB III 164
Notes: Overstruck obverse on reverse; undertype unclear.
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