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ID number: BIRBI-B3725 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; Constantinople Denomination: Follis Place made: Eurasia: Istanbul Culture: Byzantine Date made: 629-639 Metal: Base Metal Diameter (cm): 3.25 Weight (g): 11.22 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 2032. |

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Description: Obverse: (Uppermost layer) To the l., Herakleios facing, standing, with moustache and long beard, wearing military attire and crown, holding cross-topped sceptre in r. hand. To the r., Constantine III facing, standing, wearing chlamys, and cross-topped crown. A cross between their heads. Reverse: (Uppermost layer) M; cross on a crescent above.
Inscriptions: Obverse: None. Reverse: ANNO … X … ([Inferred] Year 20-30). Mint mark: None visible. Control mark: … (Untranslatable control mark).
Bibliography: (Uppermost layer) MIB III 164b; (Countermark) MIB III Km.1
Notes: Single-faced countermark on the reverse of a monogram of Herakleios.
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