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ID number:  BIRBI-B4522ADD
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; Thessalonica
Denomination:  Solidus
Place made:  Europe: Greece, Thessaloniki
Culture:  Byzantine
Date made:  613-629
Metal:  Gold
Diameter (cm):  2.1
Weight (g):  4.32
Axis (degrees):  180.00
Provenance:  Whitting G1409, K. Kress Sale, November 1964.
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Description:  Obverse: Bust of Herakleios to l., bearded, to r. Bust of Constantine III, both wearing chlamys and crown with cross; between them a six-pointed star. Reverse: Cross potent on three steps.

Inscriptions:  Obverse: ddNN hЄPACCIVS ЄT hЄPA CONST PP AV (Herakleios and Herakleios Constantine, eternal emperors) Reverse: VICTORI AAVGЧS (Imperial victory) Mint Mark: CONOb

Bibliography:  MIB.3.82b (exact coin)

Notes:  Coin used in Hahn MIB.3 for type 82b, from Kress sale, was purchased by Whitting and is this coin.

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