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ID number: BIRBI-B4114 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D.; Stewart, James R. Maker: Constans II; Constantine IV; Herakleios; Tiberios; Carthage Denomination: Solidus Place made: Carthage Culture: Byzantine Date made: 659-668 Metal: Gold Diameter (cm): 1.20 Weight (g): 4.42 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 713 - Baiocchi, Cairo 1955, ex James R. Stewart collection, 114, 30th January 1968. |
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Description: Obverse: Busts of Constans with long beard, holding globus cruciger in r. hand, and Constantine beardless, both wearing chlamys and cross crown. Reverse: Cross potent on two steps flanked by busts of Herakleios and Tiberios, both wearing chlamys and cross crown and holding globus cruciger in r. hand..
Inscriptions: Obverse: DN … ON T (Our Lord Constantine). Reverse: None.
Bibliography: MIB III 73
Notes: Was used as part of 'All That Glitters…' project.
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