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ID number: BIRBI-B3442 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: 611-612 Metal: Base Metal Diameter (cm): 3.05 Weight (g): 11.94 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 2966. A.H. Baldwin, 23rd July 1955. |
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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: O N hRACLI PЄRP … (Our lord Herakleios, eternal). Reverse: ANNO II (Year 2). Mint mark: KYZ. Control mark: B (2).
Bibliography: MIB III 184
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