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ID number:  BIRBI-B3500
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; Eudokia Epiphania; Cyprus
Denomination:  Follis
Place made:  Cyprus
Culture:  Byzantine
Date made:  626-627
Metal:  Base Metal
Diameter (cm):  2.2
Weight (g):  2.98
Axis (degrees):  180.00
Provenance:  Whitting 4535.
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Description:  Obverse: To the l., Herakleios facing, standing, bearded, wearing chlamys, and cross-topped crown. To the r., Constantine III facing, standing, smaller, unbearded, wearing chlamys, and cross-topped crown, holding globus cruciger in r. hand. Reverse: M, cross above.

Inscriptions:  Obverse: None. Reverse: … XЧII ([Inferred] Year 17). Mint mark: KVΠP. Control mark: Γ (3).

Bibliography:  MIB III X45

Notes:  Clipped on two sides as though flan cut out from much larger coin.

5 Related People

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Whitting, Philip David
British
1903
1988
Cyprus
Byzantine;Frankish


Herakleios I
Byzantine
c.575
641
Constantine III
Byzantine
612
641
Eudokia Epiphania
Byzantine
611

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