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ID number:  BIRBI-B3299
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:  634-637
Metal:  Base Metal
Diameter (cm):  2.35
Weight (g):  5.05
Axis (degrees):  180.00
Provenance:  Whitting 4533.
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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 sceptre in r. hand. To the r., Constantine III facing, standing, bearded, wearing chlamys, and cross-topped crown, holding globus cruciger in r. hand. A cross between their heads. Reverse: M, monogram of Herakleios above.

Inscriptions:  Obverse. None. Reverse: A … NO … ([Inferred] Year 25-27). Mint mark: CON. Control mark: Є (5).

Bibliography:  MIB III 164d

4 Related People

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


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