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Numismatics

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

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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