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Maker(s):Heraclius (minted under)
Culture:Byzantine
Title:Follis of Heraclius and Heraclius Constantine
Date Made:616-617 CE
Type:Coin/Money
Materials:Bronze
Place Made:Turkey; Seleucia Isauriae (Silifke)
Measurements:Diameter: 31 mm; 1 1/4 in; Weight: 11.53 g
Accession Number:  MH 2012.43
Credit Line:Purchase with the Marian Hayes Art Museum Fund
Museum Collection:  Mount Holyoke College Art Museum
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Description:
Obverse: Crowned and draped busts of Heraclius and Heraclius Constantine facing. Cross above, pellet border.
Obverse legend: ...[illegible] CESC [most of legend off-flan]
Reverse: Large M, Christogram above. Date across field, mint mark in exergue.
Reverse legend: ANNO [left field, "year"], GI [right field, "7" (regnal year)], A / SELISY [abbreviation of Seleucia, mint mark]

Tags:
ancient; archaeology

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