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ID number: BIRBI-B3732 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; Nablus Denomination: Follis Place made: Asia: Palestinian Territories, Nablus Culture: Byzantine; Arabic Date made: c.630-696 Metal: Base Metal Diameter (cm): 2.6 Weight (g): 5.19 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 4530. |

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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 sceptre in r. hand. To the r., Constantine III facing, standing, wearing chlamys, holding globus cruciger in r. hand. A cross and a K between their heads. Reverse: M.
Inscriptions: Obverse: None. Reverse: INN … (Year). Mint mark: CON. Control mark: N.
Bibliography: MIB III X23
Notes: Identified by Hahn as an imitation from Nablus; attribution not necessarily convincing.
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