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ID number: BIRBI-B4511ADD 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 Denomination: Solidus Culture: Byzantine Date made: 613-629 Metal: Gold Diameter (cm): 2.5 Weight (g): 4.15 Axis (degrees): 90.00 Provenance: Whitting G699, A. H. Baldwin, 24th December 1957. |

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Description: Obverse: Bust of Herakleios on l. and Herakleios Constantine on r. facing, Herakleios bearded, both wearing crowns with cross; both wearing chlamys, cross floating above between heads. Reverse: Cross potent on three steps.
Inscriptions: Obverse: OONNhURЄCICNHIFΛDPACHNPPI (Blundered legend). Reverse: VICTORIA (Victory) AVGЧIΘ (Augustus [letters upside down]) Mint mark: CONOB
Bibliography: MIB.3.110c
Notes: Mounted at 0 degrees on obverse; Probable eastern imitation, not the 90 degree axis and weight more similar to Sasanian drachm than solidus.
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