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ID number: BIRBI-B4172 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D. Maker: Constans II; Constantine IV; Syracuse Denomination: Solidus Place made: Sicily: Syracuse Culture: Byzantine Date made: 654-659 Metal: Gold Diameter (cm): 2.10 Weight (g): 4.37 Axis (degrees): 135.00 Provenance: Whitting 0303 - Hall sale November 1950, lot 2235. |
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Description: Obverse: Busts of Constans with long beard and Constantine beardless wearing chlamys and cross crown, cross floating above between heads. Reverse: Cross potent on three steps, C in r. of field.
Inscriptions: Obverse: ∂N CONSτANτINuS CONSτANτINЧ (Our Lords Constantine and Constantine). Reverse: VICTORIA AVҀЧ (Imperial Victory). Control mark: θI.∙. (19). Mint mark: CONOB.
Bibliography: MIB III 85
Notes: Was used as part of 'All That Glitters…' project.
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