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Numismatics

ID number:  BIRBI-B3461
Object type:  Coin
Institution:  The Barber Institute of Fine Arts
Maker:  Herakleios I; Constantine III; Kyzikos
Denomination:  Follis
Place made:  Eurasia: Mysia, Kyzikos
Culture:  Byzantine
Date made:  612-613
Metal:  Base Metal
Diameter (cm):  3.25
Weight (g):  11.56
Axis (degrees):  0.00
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Description:  Obverse: To the l., Herakleios facing, standing, bearded, wearing chlamys, and cross-topped crown, holding globus cruciger in r. hand. To the r., Constantine III facing, standing, smaller, unbearded, wearing chlamys, and cross-topped crown, holding globus cruciger in r. hand. A cross between their heads. Reverse: M, cross above.

Inscriptions:  Obverse: … LIЧS Єτ hRA … (Herakleios and Herakleios). Reverse: ANNO III (Year 3). Mint mark: KVZ. Control mark: A (1).

Bibliography:  MIB III 185

Notes:  Overstruck obverse on reverse on a coin of Phokas, in turn overstruck obverse on obverse on a year four follis of an uncertain emperor.

3 Related People

Constantine III
Byzantine
612
641
Herakleios I
Byzantine
c.575
641
Kyzikos
Roman; Byzantine


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