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ID number:  BIRBI-B4526ADD
Object type:  Coin
Institution:  The Barber Institute of Fine Arts
Named collection:  P. D. Whitting Collection
Collector:  Whitting, Philip D.
Maker:  Herakleios I; Sicily
Denomination:  Semissis
Place made:  Europe: Italy, Sicily
Culture:  Byzantine
Date made:  610-641
Metal:  Gold
Diameter (cm):  1.75
Weight (g):  2.13
Axis (degrees):  180.00
Provenance:  Whitting G927, Seaby, September 1960.
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Description:  Obverse: Profile bust of Herakleios, facing r., bearded, wearing diadem and chlamys. Reverse: Cross potent above globe.

Inscriptions:  Obverse: dNN hЄRACLIYS PP AVC (Our lord Herakleios, eternal emperor) Reverse: VICTORI AAVSЧ (Imperial victory) Mint mark: CONOB, Officina: Є

Bibliography:  MIB.3.V99 (exact coin)

3 Related People

Herakleios I
Byzantine
c.575
641
Sicily
Roman;Ostrogothic;Italian;Aghlabid;Norman;Sicilian


Whitting_Phillip-T.jpg
Whitting, Philip David
British
1903
1988
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