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ID number:  BIRBI-B4290
Object type:  Coin
Institution:  The Barber Institute of Fine Arts
Named collection:  P. D. Whitting Collection
Collector:  Whitting, Philip D.
Maker:  Constantine IV; Herakleios; Tiberios; Constantinople
Denomination:  Follis
Place made:  Istanbul
Culture:  Byzantine
Date made:  669-674
Metal:  Base metal
Diameter (cm):  3.50
Weight (g):  17.32
Axis (degrees):  180.00
Provenance:  Whitting 4927. K. Kress, Munich, February 1965.
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Description:  Obverse: Bust of Constantine bearded facing, wearing crown with plume, cuirassed, holding globus cruciger in r. hand. Reverse: M surmounted by cross, to l. Herakleios and to r. Tiberios, both wearing Chlamys and cross crown, holding globus cruciger in r. hand.

Inscriptions:  Obverse: …ЧS PP AЧ (Constantine, eternal Augustus). Mint mark: CON. Officina: Δ (4).

Bibliography:  MIB III 77

5 Related People

Constantinople
Roman;Byzantine


Herakleios son of Constans II
Byzantine


Tiberios son of Constans II
Byzantine


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Whitting, Philip David
British
1903
1988
Constantine IV
Byzantine
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