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ID number: BIRBI-B3511 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; Alexandria Denomination: Solidus Place made: Africa: Egypt, Lower Egypt, Alexandria Culture: Byzantine Date made: 613-618 Metal: Gold Diameter (cm): 2.1 Weight (g): 4.17 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 0553. A.H. Baldwin, July 1956; "From Paris". |
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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: Cross potent on three steps.
Inscriptions: Obverse: dd NN hЄRACLIЧS Єτ h … Sτ P (Our lords Herakleios and Herakleios Constantine, eternal). Reverse: VICTORIA AVSЧ (Imperial victory). Mint mark: CONOB. Control mark: I (10).
Bibliography: DOC II.1 AV 187; MIB III 77 (Cyprus or Eastern Military Mint)
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