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Numismatics

ID number:  BIRBI-B3694
Object type:  Coin
Institution:  The Barber Institute of Fine Arts
Named collection:  P. D. Whitting Collection
Collector:  Whitting, Philip D.; Stewart, James R.
Maker:  Herakleios I; Constantine III; Ravenna
Denomination:  Solidus
Place made:  Europe: Italy, Ravenna
Culture:  Byzantine
Date made:  613-629
Metal:  Gold
Diameter (cm):  2.1
Weight (g):  4.51
Axis (degrees):  180.00
Provenance:  Whitting 1640. 30th January 1968; ex James R. Stewart Collection; ex Hall, 1950; ex Ratto, 1930.
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Description:  Obverse: To the l., bust of Herakleios facing, bearded, wearing paludamentum, and cross-topped crown. To the r., bust of Constantine III facing, smaller, unbearded, wearing paludamentum, and cross-topped crown. A cross between their heads. Reverse: Cross potent on four steps.

Inscriptions:  Obverse: DD NN HЄRACLIVS ЄT HЄRA CONST PP AVC (Our lords Herakleios and Herakleios Constantine, eternal Augusti). Reverse: VICTORI Λ ΛVCC (Imperial victory). Mint mark: CONOB. Control mark: H (8).

Bibliography:  MIB III 110c

5 Related People

Herakleios I
Byzantine
c.575
641
Constantine III
Byzantine
612
641
Ravenna
Roman;Byzantine;Italian


Whitting_Phillip-T.jpg
Whitting, Philip David
British
1903
1988
Stewart, James R.
Australian
03 Jul 1913
06 Feb 1962
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