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ID number: BIRBI-B3476 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): 3.45 Weight (g): 11.08 Axis (degrees): 270.00 Provenance: Whitting 4955. Dorothy Wood, Konya, 5th July 1965. |
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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 cross-topped crown. Reverse: M, chrismon above.
Inscriptions: Obverse: … N hЄ … σ … CLIЧ hI Є … (Garbled Inscription). Reverse: … ϚI ([Inferred] Year 7). Mint mark: … 'SЧ. Control mark: A (1).
Bibliography: MIB III 192
Notes: Overstruck obverse on reverse; undertype a year eight follis of Maurice, of uncertan mint. Clipped on two sides.
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