Follis (40 Nummi) from Constantinople Mint: Constantinople (Thrace)

616–17

Numismatics

By appointment, Pratt Study Room
Medium

Copper

Dimensions

9.08 g, 6:00, 27 mm

Credit Line

Gift of Brian Weinstein, B.A. 1959

Accession Number

2002.121.15

Geography

Made in Constantinople, Thrace

Culture

Byzantine

Period

7th century A.D.

Classification

Numismatics

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Numismatics

Obverse Description

Obverse Description: Three figures standing. Heraclius in center, Martina to l., Heraclius Constantine to r., each wearing chlamys and crown and holding globus cruciger in r. Crosses in upper fields l. and r.

Reverse Description

Reverse Description: M; above, cross; to l. and r., date ANNO / 6I; beneath, delta; in ex., CON
Provenance
Brian Weinstein, Washington D.C., to 2002; Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn.
Object copyright
No Copyright - United States
Additional information

Object/Work type

coins, money, nummi

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