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ID number: BIRBI-B3440 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: G. Haines Collection Collector: Haines, Geoffrey Maker: Herakleios I; Kyzikos Denomination: Follis Place made: Eurasia: Mysia, Kyzikos Culture: Byzantine Date made: 611-612 Metal: Base Metal Diameter (cm): 3.15 Weight (g): 11.39 Axis (degrees): 0.00 Provenance: Haines 876. Presented by Mr. C.E. Blunt, 1932. |

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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 II (Year 2). Mint mark: KYZ. Control mark: A (1).
Bibliography: MIB III 184
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