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ID number:  BIRBI-B3309
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; Herakleonas; Constantinople
Denomination:  Follis
Place made:  Eurasia: Istanbul
Culture:  Byzantine
Date made:  639-640
Metal:  Base Metal
Diameter (cm):  2.5
Weight (g):  6.19
Axis (degrees):  0.00
Provenance:  Whitting 2204. A.H. Baldwin, January 1953.
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Description:  Obverse: To the l., Herakleonas facing, standing, smaller, wearing chlamys, and cross-topped crown, holding globus cruciger in r. hand. In the centre, 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, smaller, wearing chlamys, and cross-topped crown. Reverse: M, monogram of Herakleios above.

Inscriptions:  Obverse: None. Reverse: ANNI XXX (Year 30). Mint mark: CO … Control mark: Є (5).

Bibliography:  MIB III 166

Notes:  Possible overstrike; undertype unclear. Clipped on two sides as though flan cut out from much larger coin.

5 Related People

Herakleios I
Byzantine
c.575
641
Constantinople
Roman;Byzantine


Constantine III
Byzantine
612
641
Whitting_Phillip-T.jpg
Whitting, Philip David
British
1903
1988
Herakleonas
Byzantine
626

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