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ID number: BIRBI-B3680 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: Pentanummium Place made: Europe: Italy, Sicily, Catania Culture: Byzantine Date made: 610-641 Metal: Base Metal Diameter (cm): 1.2 Weight (g): 1.64 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 3024. A.H. Baldwin, August 1950. |

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Description: Obverse: Bust of Herakleios facing r., wearing paludamentum and diadem. Reverse: V. A star in the l. of the field; a star in the r. of the field.
Inscriptions: Obverse: … N … R … PP A … (Our lord Herakleios, eternal Augustus). Reverse: None. Mint mark: CΛT.
Bibliography: MIB III 242
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