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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. |
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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
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