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Numismatics ID number: BIRBI-B3510 Object type: Coin Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: G. Haines Collection Collector: Haines, Geoffrey Maker: Herakleios I; Eastern military mint Denomination: Solidus Culture: Byzantine Date made: 610 Metal: Gold Diameter (cm): 2.15 Weight (g): 4.51 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Haines 2422. Ex P.D. Whitting Collection, 1959. |
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Description: Obverse: Bust of Herakleios facing, wearing cuirass, paludamentum, and cross-topped crown, holding globus cruciger in r. hand, and shield decorated with horseman on l. arm. Reverse: Victoria facing, standing, holding globus cruciger in l. hand, and chrismon-topped staff in r. hand. Inscriptions: Obverse: d N hЄRACLI ЧS PP AVC (Our lord Herakleios, eternal Augustus). Reverse: VICTORIA AVSЧ (Imperial victory). Mint mark: CONOB. Control mark: IΩ (Uncertain meaning). Bibliography: MIB III 76; DOC II.1 AV 186 (Alexandria) Notes: Mint attribution for this type of coin disputed; MIB - Cyprus or Eastern Military Mint; DOC - Alexandria; Bendall - Jerusalem. |
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| Herakleios I Byzantine c.575 641 | |
| Haines, Geoffrey Colton British 1899 1981-09-14 | |
| Eastern military mint Byzantine | |
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