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ID number: BIRBI-A-B070 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Maker: Ifriqiya Denomination: Dinar Place made: Tunisia Culture: Arabic Date made: AH 29-76/AD 650-696 Metal: Gold Diameter (cm): 1.25 Weight (g): 4.42 Axis (degrees): 180.00 |
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Description: Obverse: Bust with long beard facing wearing cross crown and holding globus cruciger in r. hand. Reverse: Two busts wearing chlamys and cross crown flanking a trefoil pole on steps.
Inscriptions: Obverse: DON TVCC (Constantine, Augustus). Reverse: none.
Bibliography: cf. DOC II.2 p. 546 no. 42 n.
Notes: Was used as part of 'All That Glitters…' project.
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