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ID number: BIRBI-B3723 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Maker: Herakleios I; Constantine III; Uncertain mint Denomination: Follis Place made: Asia: Syria Culture: Byzantine; Sasanian; Arabic Date made: 613-696 Metal: Base Metal Diameter (cm): 2.7 Weight (g): 7.38 Axis (degrees): 0.00 |
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Description: Obverse: To the l., Herakleios facing, standing, wearing chlamys and crown, holding globus cruciger in r. hand. To the r., Constantine III facing, standing, smaller, wearing chlamys, and cross-topped crown, holding globus cruciger in r. hand. A cross between their heads. Reverse: M; cross above.
Inscriptions: Obverse: … N … OCTSIL (Garbled Inscription). Reverse: ANN ϚI (Year 7). Mint mark: OIN … Control mark: B (2).
Bibliography: MIB III X32
Notes: This coin is an imitation of the Byzantine from Syria, but it is unclear whether it was under the Persian occupation or the early Caliphate.
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