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ID number: BIRBI-B4333 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Maker: Constantine IV; Herakleios; Tiberios; Syracuse Denomination: Solidus Place made: Sicily: Syracuse Culture: Byzantine Date made: 668-681 Metal: Gold Diameter (cm): 1.95 Weight (g): 4.01 Axis (degrees): 180.00 |
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Description: Obverse: Bust of Constantine IV facing wearing plumed helmet with cross, cuirass and paludamentum, holding spear transversely behind head in r. hand and shield depicting a cavalryman on l. shoulder. Reverse: Cross potent on three steps flanked by Herakleios and Tiberios standing facing wearing cross crown and chlamys and holding globus cruciger in r. hand.
Inscriptions: Obverse: ∂N COS τ ANτISЧ P (Our Lord Constantine eternal Augustus). Reverse: VICTORIA A VVЧ (Imperial Victory). Control mark: +. Mint mark: CONOB:∙.
Bibliography: MIB III 33, DOC II.2 AV57a
Notes: Was used as part of 'All That Glitters…' project.
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