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ID number: BIRBI-B3294 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: 639-640 Metal: Base Metal Diameter (cm): 2.45 Weight (g): 4.11 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 4531. 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 cross-topped sceptre in r. hand. To the r., Constantine III facing, standing, bearded, wearing chlamys, and cross-topped crown. A cross between their heads. A K in the r. of the field. A monogram of Herakleios in the l. of the field. Reverse: M.
Inscriptions: Obverse: None. Reverse: A … NO XXX (Year 30). Mint mark: CON ϴ. Control mark: A (1).
Bibliography: MIB III 165
Notes: Overstruck obverse on reverse; undertype a follis of Herakleios and Constantine III, of uncertain mint and year.
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