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ID number: BIRBI-B3731 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; Nablus Denomination: Follis Place made: Asia: Palestinian Territories, Nablus Culture: Byzantine; Arabic Date made: c.630-696 Metal: Base Metal Diameter (cm): 2.8 Weight (g): 7.34 Axis (degrees): 0.00 Provenance: Whitting 4529. R.M. Cunningham, February 1951; "From the agora at Salamis, Cyprus, by G. Jeffery, 1914." |

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Description: Obverse: 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 and a K between their heads. Reverse: M; monogram of Herakleios above.
Inscriptions: Obverse: None. Reverse: ANNO XX (Year 20). Mint mark: None visible. Control mark: N.
Bibliography: MIB III X23
Notes: Identified by Hahn as an imitation from Nablus; attribution not necessarily convincing.
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