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ID number:  BIRBI-B3507
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:  627-628
Metal:  Base Metal
Diameter (cm):  2.65
Weight (g):  4.19
Axis (degrees):  0.00
Provenance:  Whitting 7802. Meridian, 14th April 1971.
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Description:  Obverse: To the l., Eudokia Epiphania facing, standing, smaller, wearing chlamys, holding globus cruciger in r. hand. In the centre, Herakleios facing, standing, bearded, wearing chlamys, holding globus cruciger in r. hand. To the r., Constantine III facing, standing, smaller, unbearded, wearing chlamys, holding globus cruciger in r. hand. Reverse: M, monogram of Herakleios above.

Inscriptions:  Obverse: None. Reverse: … ИИ· XЧ [in retrograde] III (Year 18). Mint mark: KY … Control mark: Γ (3).

Bibliography:  SICA I 505

Notes:  The reverse die appears to have been engrave back-to-front, with the exception of the control mark, and possibly the mint mark. This could possibly be an Arab-Byzantine imitation.

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