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ID number: BIRBI-B3475 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D. Maker: Herakleios I; Constantine III; Seleukeia-in-Isauria Denomination: Follis Place made: Eurasia: Mersin, Silifke Culture: Byzantine Date made: 616-617 Metal: Base Metal Diameter (cm): 3.35 Weight (g): 11.62 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 4620. Dorothy Wood, September 1963; "from Mersin". |
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Description: Obverse: To the l., bust of Herakleios facing, bearded, wearing chlamys, and cross-topped crown. To the r., bust of Constantine III facing, smaller, unbearded, wearing chlamys, and cross-topped crown. A cross between their heads. Reverse: M, chrismon above.
Inscriptions: Obverse: … NN h … Rσ CLIЧ … Є … (Our lords Herakleios and). Reverse: AHHO ϚI (Year 7). Mint mark: SЄ … Control mark: None visible.
Bibliography: MIB III 192
Notes: Overstruck obverse on reverse; undertype unclear.
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