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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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