1979.428.663: Half Follis of Heraclius
Coins
Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1979.428.663
- People
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Heraclius (610 - 641)
- Title
- Half Follis of Heraclius
- Classification
- Coins
- Work Type
- coin
- Date
- 629-630
- Places
- Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Constantinople (Thrace)
- Period
- Byzantine period, Early
- Culture
- Byzantine
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/179939
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Bronze
- Metal
- AE
- Technique
- Struck
- Dimensions
- 5.22 g
- Die Axis
- 6
- Denomination
- half follis
- Date on Object
- 20
State, Edition, Standard Reference Number
- Standard Reference Number
- DOC II.1, p. 302 no. 118
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Unspecified Collection
- Accession Year
- 1979
- Object Number
- 1979.428.663
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
-
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Descriptions
- Description
-
Obv.: To l., Heraclius standing, with mustache and long beard, wearing military dress and crown with cross, holding long cross in r. hand. To r., Heraclius Constantine standing with short beard, wearing chlamys and crown with cross; in r. hand, globe and cross; between heads, cross; to r., a 'K'.
Rev.: Large K; above, a cross. To l., ANNO? To r., XX, side by side.
Verification Level
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