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ID number: BIRBI-B3494 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): 3.2 Weight (g): 12.04 Axis (degrees): 90.00 Provenance: Whitting 4961. 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: D N hЄR … hR … NST RR V ([Inferred] Our lords Herakleios and Herakleios Constantine, eternal Augusti). Reverse: ANN … ϚI (Year 7). Mint mark: … AVR. Control mark: A (1).
Bibliography: MIB III 196
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