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ID number: BIRBI-B3718 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; Ravenna Denomination: Half-Follis Place made: Europe: Italy, Ravenna Culture: Byzantine Date made: 630-632 Metal: Base Metal Diameter (cm): 1.6 Weight (g): 3.42 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 3951. A.H. Baldwin, 30th September 1968; "From Rome". |
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Description: Obverse: To the l., Herakleios facing, standing, r. leg raised, treading on captive (not visible), with moustache and long beard, wearing military attire and crown, holding sceptre in r. hand, . To the r., Constantine III facing, standing, wearing chlamys and crown. Reverse: K; cross above.
Inscriptions: Obverse: D N CR … (Our lord Herakleios). Reverse: ANNO XX … ([Inferred] Year 20-22). Control mark: A or Δ (1 or 4).
Bibliography: MIB III 261b
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