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ID number: BIRBI-B3596 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; Carthage Denomination: Solidus Place made: Carthage Culture: Byzantine Date made: 632-633 Metal: Gold Diameter (cm): 1.25 Weight (g): 4.43 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 0500. A.H. Baldwin, March 1955. |

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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 three steps.
Inscriptions: Obverse: D N … RAO ЄT ACAOPA-L (Garbled Inscription). Reverse: VICTORI Λ AVCCΛV ([Inferred] Imperial victory). Mint mark: CONOB. Indiction year: S (Year 632-633).
Bibliography: MIB III 84b
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