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ID number:  BIRBI-B3410
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:  613-614
Metal:  Base Metal
Diameter (cm):  2.95
Weight (g):  12.16
Axis (degrees):  180.00
Provenance:  Whitting 1581. Glendining, 3rd May 1951.
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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: M, cross above.

Inscriptions:  Obverse: … h … CONS … (Herakleios, Constantine). Reverse: ANNO IIII (Year 4). Mint mark: NIKO. Control mark: B (2).

Bibliography:  MIB III 175a

Notes:  Overstruck obverse on obverse; undertype unclear. Clipped on two sides.

4 Related People

Herakleios I
Byzantine
c.575
641
Nikomedia
Roman; Byzantine


Constantine III
Byzantine
612
641
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Whitting, Philip David
British
1903
1988
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