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ID number: BIRBI-B3663 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: 617-618 Metal: Base Metal Diameter (cm): 1.35 Weight (g): 4.72 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 3841. P.J. Donald, June 1962. |
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Description: Obverse: Bust of Herakleios facing, bearded, wearing paludamentum, and cross-topped crown, holding cross in r. hand. Reverse: I.
Inscriptions: Obverse: D N hC (Our lord Herakleios). Reverse: AN … CII (Year 8). Mint mark: CΛT.
Bibliography: MIB III 240
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