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Numismatics ID number: BIRBI-B3514 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): 2.15 Weight (g): 4.53 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 0830. A.H. Baldwin, 4th July 1959; "From Syria". |
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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 hЄRACЧS Є … hЄ … CONSτ (Our lords Herakleios and Herakleios Constantine). Reverse: VICTORIA AVSЧ (Imperial victory). Mint mark: CONOB. Control mark: IΠ (Uncertain meaning). Bibliography: DOC II.1 AV 187; MIB III 77 (Cyprus or Eastern Military Mint)
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| Whitting, Philip David British 1903 1988 | |
| Alexandria | |
| Herakleios I Byzantine c.575 641 | |
| Constantine III Byzantine 612 641 | |
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