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ID number:  BIRBI-B3493
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; Isauria
Denomination:  Follis
Place made:  Eurasia: Isauria
Culture:  Byzantine
Date made:  616-617
Metal:  Base Metal
Diameter (cm):  3
Weight (g):  9.80
Axis (degrees):  0.00
Provenance:  Whitting 4960. 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 chlamys, and cross-topped crown. A cross between their heads. Reverse: M, cross above.

Inscriptions:  Obverse: … ЄRA Cτ hЄRA (Herakleios and Herakleios). Reverse: ANNO ϚI (Year 7). Mint mark: ISAVR. Control mark: A (1).

Bibliography:  MIB III 196

Notes:  Overstruck obverse on obverse; undertype a coin of Phokas, of uncertain mint, denomination, and year.

4 Related People

Herakleios I
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c.575
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Constantine III
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612
641
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Whitting, Philip David
British
1903
1988
Isauria



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