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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.

4 Related People

Constantine III
Byzantine
612
641
Constantinople
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Whitting, Philip David
British
1903
1988
Herakleios I
Byzantine
c.575
641
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