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ID number: BIRBI-B3800 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D.; Hoard A Maker: Constans II; Constantinople Denomination: Solidus Place made: Istanbul Culture: Byzantine Date made: 647-651 Metal: Gold Diameter (cm): 2.00 Weight (g): 4.39 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 0984. With Hoard A 1960 from North Syria. |
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Description: Obverse: bust of Constans bearded facing, wearing chlamys and cross crown, holding globus cruciger in r. hand. Reverese: cross potent on three steps.
Inscriptions: Obverse: dNCONSτAN TINЧ(reversed)SPPAV (Our lord Constantine Emperor in perpetuity). Reverse: VICTOAIA AVSЧθ (Imperial victory). Mint mark: CONOB.
Bibliography: DOC II.2 AV16, MIB III AV20
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