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ID number: BIRBI-B3724 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D.; Salamis 1914 Hoard Maker: Herakleios I; Constantine III; Constantinople Denomination: Follis Place made: Eurasia: Istanbul Culture: Byzantine Date made: 629-639 Metal: Base Metal Diameter (cm): 3.15 Weight (g): 9.55 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 2030. Spink, February 1951; ex R.M. Cunningham; Salamis 1914 Hoard. |

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Description: Obverse: (Uppermost layer) To the l., Herakleios facing, standing, with moustache and long beard, wearing military attire, and cross-topped crown, holding cross-topped sceptre in r. hand. To the r., Constantine III facing, standing, wearing chlamys, and cross-topped crown, holding globus cruciger in r. hand. A cross between their heads. Reverse: (Uppermost layer) M.
Inscriptions: Obverse: None. Reverse: ANNO … ([Inferred] Year 20-30). Mint mark: CON. Control mark: A (1).
Bibliography: (Uppermost layer) MIB III 164; (Countermark) MIB III Km.1a
Notes: Two single-faced countermarks on the reverse; both of monograms of Herakleios.
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