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ID number: BIRBI-B3433 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D. Maker: Herakleios I; Kyzikos Denomination: Follis Place made: Eurasia: Mysia, Kyzikos Culture: Byzantine Date made: 610-611 Metal: Base Metal Diameter (cm): 2.8 Weight (g): 10.97 Axis (degrees): 0.00 Provenance: Whitting 2052. R.M. Cunningham, February 1951. |
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Description: Obverse: Bust of Herakleios facing, bearded, wearing cuirass, and helmet with plume and pendilia, holding globus cruciger in r. hand, and shield decorated with horseman on l. arm. Reverse: M, cross above.
Inscriptions: Obverse: … hRACLI PЄRP AVC (Herakleios, eternal Augustus). Reverse: ANNO I (Year 1). Mint mark: KYZ. Control mark: A (1).
Bibliography: MIB III 184
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