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ID number:  BIRBI-B4531ADD
Object type:  Coin
Institution:  The Barber Institute of Fine Arts
Named collection:  P. D. Whitting Collection
Collector:  Whitting, Philip D.
Maker:  Herakleios I; Ravenna
Denomination:  Semissis
Place made:  Europe: Italy, Ravenna
Culture:  Byzantine
Date made:  610-641
Metal:  Gold
Diameter (cm):  1.7
Weight (g):  2.21
Axis (degrees):  180.00
Provenance:  Whitting G437, Spink, 29th August 1953.
BIRBI-B4531ADD.jpg

Description:  Obverse: Profile bust of Herakleios, facing r., wearing diadem and chlamys. Reverse: Cross potent above globe, consisting of single large pellet surrounded by border of smaller pellets.

Inscriptions:  Obverse: DNHERACLI PERPAVC (Our lord Herakleios, eternal augustus) Reverse: VICTORIAAVCC (Imperial victory) Mint mark: CONOB, Officina: T

Bibliography:  MIB.3.122

3 Related People

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Whitting, Philip David
British
1903
1988
Ravenna
Roman;Byzantine;Italian


Herakleios I
Byzantine
c.575
641
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