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ID number: BIRBI-B3662 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D. Maker: Herakleios I; Catania Denomination: Decanummium Place made: Europe: Italy, Sicily, Catania Culture: Byzantine Date made: 614-615 Metal: Base Metal Diameter (cm): 1.55 Weight (g): 1.85 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 7314. A.H. Baldwin, 27th April 1970; ex Longuet. |

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Description: Obverse: Bust of Herakleios facing, bearded, wearing paludamentum, and crown with pendilia, holding globus cruciger in r. hand. Reverse: I.
Inscriptions: Obverse: D N hЄRA … S … (Our lord Herakleios). Reverse: ANNO V (Year 5). Mint mark: CΛT.
Bibliography: MIB III 240
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