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Numismatics

ID number:  BIRBI-B3593
Object type:  Coin
Institution:  The Barber Institute of Fine Arts
Named collection:  P. D. Whitting Collection
Collector:  Whitting, Philip D.; Carthage 1945 Hoard
Maker:  Herakleios I; Constantine III; Carthage
Denomination:  Solidus
Place made:  Carthage
Culture:  Byzantine
Date made:  612-622
Metal:  Gold
Diameter (cm):  1.25
Weight (g):  4.48
Axis (degrees):  180.00
Provenance:  Whitting 1585. 5th October 1966; Carthage 1945 Hoard.
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Description:  Obverse: To the l., bust of Herakleios facing, bearded, wearing cuirass, paludamentum, and cross-topped crown. To the r., bust of Constantine III facing, smaller, unbearded, wearing cuirass, paludamentum, and cross-topped crown. Between their heads, a cross. Reverse: Cross potent on two steps.

Inscriptions:  Obverse: D N ЄRAC LI PЄRP … (Our lord Herakleios, eternal). Reverse: VICTO RI AVG (Imperial victory). Mint mark: CONOB. Indiction year: … ([Inferred] Year 612-622).

Bibliography:  MIB III 85

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Herakleios I
Byzantine
c.575
641
Carthage
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Whitting, Philip David
British
1903
1988
Carthage 1945 Hoard



Constantine III
Byzantine
612
641
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