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ID number: BIRBI-B3778 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D. Maker: Constans II; Constantinople Denomination: Solidus Place made: Istanbul Culture: Byzantine Date made: 645-646 Metal: Gold Diameter (cm): 1.95 Weight (g): 4.45 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 0286. R. M. Cunningham, February 1951. |
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Description: Obverse: Bust of Constans with short pellet beard facing, wearing cross crown and chlamys, holding globus cruciger in r. hand. Reverse: Cross potent on three steps, Є in r. of field.
Inscriptions: Obverse: ∂N CONSτAN τINЧS PP AV7 (Our lord Constantine eternal Augustus). Reverse: VICTORIA AVʕЧ (Imperial victory). Control mark: Δ (4). Mint mark: CONOB.
Bibliography: MIB III 9; DOC II.2 AV5
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