Byzanz: Heraclius I.

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Events

Created

When	613-618 CE
Where	Alexandria

Commissioned

Who	Heraclius (575-641)

Owned

Who	Heinrich Wefels (-1931)
When	1913-1931

Was depicted (Actor)

Who	Constantine III (612-641)

Was depicted (Actor)

Who	Heraclius (575-641)

Relation to places

Africa

Keywords

12 Nummi Bronze Christliche Ikonographie Coin Early Middle Ages Early Middle Ages Emperor Herrscherrepräsentation Middle Ages Portrait

Description

Front: Heraclius I. (l.) und Heraclius Constantinus (r.) stehen nebeneinander in der Vorderansicht. Beide mit Mantel (Chlamys) und Krone, darauf jeweils ein Kreuz.
Rear: Das Wertzeichen IB (=12), dazwischen Kreuz auf zweistufiger Basis. Doppelschlag.

Inscription

Vorderseite: [dO]m[In - hERACLIS]
Rückseite: AΛEΞ

Material/Technique

Bronze; struck

Measurements

Diameter: 18 mm
Weight: 5.84 g

Literature

Ph. Grierson, Catalogue of the Byzantine coins in the Dumbarton Oaks Collection and in the Whittemore Collection II-1 (1968) 334 Nr. 189.
W. Hahn, Moneta Imperii Byzantini III (1981) 231 Nr. 200 a.