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ID number:  BIRBI-B4513ADD
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; Herakleonas; Kherson
Denomination:  Solidus
Place made:  Europe: Ukraine, Crimean Peninsula, Kherson
Culture:  Byzantine
Date made:  632-635(?)
Metal:  Gold
Diameter (cm):  2
Weight (g):  4.41
Axis (degrees):  180.00
Provenance:  Whitting G1767, Corbitt and Hunter, 20th January 1970.
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Description:  Obverse: In centre, Herakleios with moustache and long beard; to l. Constantine III, to r. Herakleonas; each wears chlamys and holds globus cruciger in r. hand; each with crown with cross. Reverse: Cross potent on three steps.

Inscriptions:  Obverse: None. Reverse: VICTORIA AVSЧI (Imperial victory) Mint mark: CONOB, Officina: X

Bibliography:  MIB.3.75 (exact coin)

Notes:  Gauge mark on obverse over Constantine III.

5 Related People

Kherson
Greek, Byzantine.


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