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ID number: BIRBI-B4221 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D. Maker: Constans II; Syracuse Denomination: Half-Follis Place made: Europe: Italy, Sicily, Syracuse Culture: Byzantine Date made: 651-652 Metal: Base Metal Diameter (cm): 2.4 Weight (g): 2.85 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 7067. Spink, 21st July 1969. |
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Description: Obverse: Bust of Constans II facing, with moustache and long beard, wearing chlamys and crown. A palm branch in the r. of the field. Reverse: Monogram of Constans II.
Inscriptions: Obverse: None. Reverse: AN I (Year 10).
Bibliography: MIB III 212
Notes: overstruck?
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