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Numismatics

ID number:  BIRBI-B3652
Object type:  Coin
Institution:  The Barber Institute of Fine Arts
Named collection:  G. Haines Collection
Collector:  Haines, Geoffrey
Maker:  Herakleios I; Constantine III; Sicily; Constantinople
Denomination:  Follis
Place made:  Europe: Italy, Sicily; Eurasia: Istanbul
Culture:  Byzantine
Date made:  629-632; 630-631
Metal:  Base Metal
Diameter (cm):  3.2
Weight (g):  12.34
Axis (degrees):  180.00
Provenance:  Haines 745. Ex Edward Shepherd Collection, 1924.
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Description:  Obverse: (Original, uppermost layer) To the l., Herakleios facing, standing, wearing military attire, holding sceptre in r. hand. To the r., Constantine III facing, standing, wearing chlamys, holding globus cruciger in r. hand. A monogram of Herakleios in the l. of the field. (Countermark) To the l., bust of Herakleios facing, bearded, wearing paludamentum, and cross-topped crown. To the r., bust of Constantine III facing, unbearded, wearing paludamentum, and cross-topped crown. A cross between their heads. Reverse: (Original, uppermost layer) M. (Countermark) None.

Inscriptions:  Obverse: (Original, uppermost layer) None. (Countermark) None. Reverse: (Original, uppermost layer) … N … XXI (Year 21). Mint mark: … N. Control mark: A (1). (Countermark) None. Mint mark: SCLs.

Bibliography:  (Original, uppermost layer) MIB III 164; (Countermark) MIB III Km.5

Notes:  Overstruck obverse on reverse; undertype a Kyzikos follis of Phokas; control mark: A (1).

5 Related People

Haines_Geoffrey-T.jpg
Haines, Geoffrey Colton
British
1899
1981-09-14
Constantinople
Roman;Byzantine


Herakleios I
Byzantine
c.575
641
Constantine III
Byzantine
612
641
Sicily
Roman;Ostrogothic;Italian;Aghlabid;Norman;Sicilian


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