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ID number:  BIRBI-B3711
Object type:  Coin
Institution:  The Barber Institute of Fine Arts
Named collection:  P. D. Whitting Collection
Collector:  Whitting, Philip D.
Maker:  Herakleios I; Constantine III; Eudokia Epiphania; Ravenna
Denomination:  Follis
Place made:  Europe: Italy, Ravenna
Culture:  Byzantine
Date made:  617-618
Metal:  Base Metal
Diameter (cm):  2.25
Weight (g):  8.33
Axis (degrees):  180.00
Provenance:  Whitting 1387. A.H. Baldwin, July 1952.
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Description:  Obverse: To the l., bust of Eudokia Epiphania facing, smaller, wearing chlamys, and cross-topped crown, with semicircular-topped plaques and long pendilia. In the centre, bust of Herakleios facing, bearded, wearing chlamys with loros scarf draped over shoulders, and cross-topped crown. To the r., bust of Constantine III facing, smaller, wearing chlamys with loros scarf draped over shoulders, and cross-topped crown. Reverse: M; cross above.

Inscriptions:  Obverse: … ЄRA … (Herakleios). Reverse: ANNO VIII (Year 8). Mint mark: RA … Control mark: A (1).

Bibliography:  MIB III 251

5 Related People

Ravenna
Roman;Byzantine;Italian


Herakleios I
Byzantine
c.575
641
Whitting_Phillip-T.jpg
Whitting, Philip David
British
1903
1988
Constantine III
Byzantine
612
641
Eudokia Epiphania
Byzantine
611

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