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ID number: BIRBI-B4092 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D.; Carthage 1945 Hoard Maker: Constans II; Carthage Denomination: Solidus Place made: Carthage Culture: Byzantine Date made: 641-646 Metal: Gold Diameter (cm): 1.15 Weight (g): 4.45 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 1587. 5th October 1966, from the Carthage 1945 Hoard, number 70. |
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Description: Obverse: bust of Constans beardless facing, wearing chlamys and cross crown, holding globus cruciger in r. hand. Reverse: cross potent on three steps.
Inscriptions: Obverse: ON CONS TNτINVS (Our lord Constantine). Reverse: VICTOR Λ ΛVCV (Imperial Victory). Control mark: ΛB (32). Mint mark: CONOB.
Bibliography: MIB III 56.6
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