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ID number:  BIRBI-B3457
Object type:  Coin
Institution:  The Barber Institute of Fine Arts
Maker:  Herakleios I; Kyzikos
Denomination:  Follis
Place made:  Eurasia: Mysia, Kyzikos
Culture:  Byzantine
Date made:  610-614
Metal:  Base Metal
Diameter (cm):  3.3
Weight (g):  10.08
Axis (degrees):  0.00
BIRBI-B3457.jpg

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: … RACLI PЄRP A … (Herakleios, eternal Augustus). Reverse: … NNO I … ([Inferred] Year 1-4). Mint mark: KYZ. Control mark: B (2).

Bibliography:  MIB III 184

Notes:  Overstruck obverse on reverse; undertype unclear.

2 Related People

Herakleios I
Byzantine
c.575
641
Kyzikos
Roman; Byzantine


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