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ID number: BIRBI-B3605 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D.; Stewart, James R.; Lord Grantley Maker: Herakleios I; Constantine III; Eudokia Epiphania; Carthage Denomination: One Third Siliqua Place made: Carthage Culture: Byzantine Date made: 617-641 Metal: Silver Diameter (cm): 1.2 Weight (g): 0.74 Axis (degrees): 0.00 Provenance: Whitting 4558. 30th January 1968; ex James R. Stewart Collection; ex Grantley, 1944. |

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Description: Obverse: Bust of Herakleios facing, wearing cuirass, paludamentum, and cross-topped crown with pendilia. Reverse: To the l., bust of Constantine III facing, wearing chlamys, and cross-topped crown with pendilia. To the r., bust of Eudokia Epiphania facing, wearing chlamys, and cross-topped crown with a string of pearls extending around her head. Between their heads, a cross.
Inscriptions: Obverse: D N ЄRA CLIO PP (Our lord Herakleios, eternal). Reverse: None.
Bibliography: MIB III 149
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