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ID number: BIRBI-B3412 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: 614-615 Metal: Base Metal Diameter (cm): 3 Weight (g): 11.76 Axis (degrees): 0.00 Provenance: Whitting 2731. |

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Description: Obverse: To the l., Herakleios facing, standing, wearing chlamys and crown, holding globus in r. hand. To the r., Constantine III facing, standing, smaller, wearing chlamys. Reverse: M, chrismon above.
Inscriptions: Obverse: dd NN hRA … (Our lords Herakleios). Reverse: ANNO Ч (Year 5). Mint mark: NIKO. Control mark: A (1).
Bibliography: MIB III 175b
Notes: Overstruck obverse on obverse; undertype a follis of Maurice, of uncertain mint and year.
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