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Numismatics

ID number:  BIRBI-B3340
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:  Half-Follis
Place made:  Eurasia: Istanbul
Culture:  Byzantine
Date made:  630-631
Metal:  Base Metal
Diameter (cm):  1.7
Weight (g):  3.62
Axis (degrees):  180.00
Provenance:  Whitting 4552. 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 cross-topped crown, holding cross-topped 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. A monogram of Herakleios in the l. of the field. Reverse: K, cross above.

Inscriptions:  Obverse: None. Reverse: ANNO XXI (Year 21). Control mark: Δ (4).

Bibliography:  MIB III 171a

4 Related People

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


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