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ID number: BIRBI-B3406 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; Nikomedia Denomination: Follis Place made: Eurasia: Izmit Culture: Byzantine Date made: 612-616 Metal: Base Metal Diameter (cm): 2.85 Weight (g): 9.99 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 3302. Dumbarton Oaks Duplicate, 27th November 1958. |
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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 crown, holding globus cruciger in r. hand. A cross between their heads. Reverse: M, cross above.
Inscriptions: Obverse: … NN hRMCII … ([Inferred] Our lords Herakleios). Reverse: ANNO … ([Inferred] Year 3-6). Mint mark: NIKO. Control mark: A (1).
Bibliography: MIB III 175a
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