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ID number: BIRBI-B3496 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: 617-618 Metal: Base Metal Diameter (cm): 3.4 Weight (g): 13.63 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 3096. B.A. Seaby, 7th December 1956. |
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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. A cross between their heads. Reverse: M.
Inscriptions: Obverse: σo N hЄRA Cτ hЄRA … ([Inferred] Our lords Herakleios and Herakleios). Reverse: ANNO … II ([Inferred] Year 8). Mint mark: … CAYR. Control mark: A (1).
Bibliography: MIB III 196
Notes: Overstruck obverse on obverse on a follis of Herakleios, in turn overstruck obverse on reverse on a follis of either Tiberius II or Maurice.
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