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ID number: BIRBI-B3692 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D. Maker: Herakleios I; Ravenna Denomination: Solidus Place made: Europe: Italy, Ravenna Culture: Byzantine Date made: 610-613 Metal: Gold Diameter (cm): 2 Weight (g): 4.46 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 0403. J.C.S. Rashleigh, January 1953. |
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Description: Obverse: Bust of Herakleios facing, bearded, wearing cuirass, paludamentum, and cross-topped crown with plume and pendilia, holding globus cruciger in r. hand. Reverse: Cross potent on four steps.
Inscriptions: Obverse: D N HЄRAC LIVS PP AVC (Our lord Herakleios, eternal Augustus). Reverse: VICTORI Λ AVCC (Imperial victory). Mint mark: CONOB. Control mark: H (8).
Bibliography: MIB III 109a
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