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ID number: BIRBI-B3342 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: 615-619 Metal: Base Metal Diameter (cm): 2.3 Weight (g): 4.62 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 4553. Glendining, 3rd May 1951. |
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Description: Obverse: To the l., Herakleios facing, standing, bearded, wearing chlamys, and cross-topped crown, holding globus in r. hand. To the r., Constantine III facing, standing, smaller, wearing chlamys and crown, holding globus in r. hand. Reverse: K, cross above.
Inscriptions: Obverse: dd NN hЄR … RA C … (Our lords Herakleios and Herakleios Constantine). Reverse: ANNO Ϛ… (Year 6-9). Control mark: A (1).
Bibliography: MIB III 169a
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