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ID number: BIRBI-B3375 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; Thessalonica Denomination: Half-Follis Place made: Europe: Greece, Thessaloniki Culture: Byzantine Date made: 619-620 Metal: Base Metal Diameter (cm): 1.85 Weight (g): 2.46 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 1625. |
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Description: Obverse: To the l., Herakleios facing, standing, bearded, wearing chlamys and crown, holding globus cruciger in r. hand. To the r., Constantine III facing, standing, smaller, unbearded, wearing chlamys, and cross-topped crown, holding globus cruciger in r. hand. A cross between their heads. Reverse: K.
Inscriptions: Obverse: d NN hЄRA … (Our lord Herakleios). Reverse: ANN … X (Year 10). Mint mark: … Є …
Bibliography: MIB III 228
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