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Numismatics

ID number:  BIRBI-B3298
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:  632-634
Metal:  Base Metal
Diameter (cm):  2.45
Weight (g):  5.64
Axis (degrees):  0.00
Provenance:  Whitting 4534.
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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 crown, holding globus cruciger in r. hand. A cross between their heads. Reverse: M, christogram above.

Inscriptions:  Obverse: None. Reverse: … NN … XX … ([Inferred] Year 23-24). Mint mark: None visible. Control mark: A (1).

Bibliography:  MIB III 164c

4 Related People

Herakleios I
Byzantine
c.575
641
Whitting_Phillip-T.jpg
Whitting, Philip David
British
1903
1988
Constantine III
Byzantine
612
641
Constantinople
Roman;Byzantine


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