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Heraclius
Byzantine
Constantinople
Asia Minor
Middle East

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610-641

Gold

Diameter: 13/16 in. (20.2 mm)

Weight: 4.07 g

Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Arthur Fairbanks, Class of 1886, in memory of his father, Henry Fairbanks, Class of 1853

27.1.29222

Geography

Place Made: Eastern Mediterranean, Turkey, West Asia, Asia

Period

500-1000

Object Name

Coin

Research Area

Numismatics: Greek and Roman

Not on view

Inscriptions

Obverse: Facing busts of Heraclius and Heraclius Constantine Reverse: Cross on three steps

Course History

Art History 17.06, The Arts of the Middle Ages, Nick Camerlenghi, Fall 2023

Provenance

Arthur Fairbanks (1864-1944), Class of 1886; given to present collection, 1927.

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