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ID number:  BIRBI-B4262
Object type:  Coin
Institution:  The Barber Institute of Fine Arts
Named collection:  P. D. Whitting Collection
Collector:  Whitting, Philip D.
Maker:  Constantine IV; Herakleios; Tiberios; Constantinople
Denomination:  Solidus
Place made:  Istanbul
Culture:  Byzantine
Date made:  674-681
Metal:  Gold
Diameter (cm):  1.95
Weight (g):  4.38
Axis (degrees):  180.00
Provenance:  Whitting 0317. Glendining, 'Abbott sale', October 1951.
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Description:  Obverse: Bust of Constantine, bearded, facing 3/4 r., wearing plumed helmet with diadem, cuirassed, holding spear in r. hand behind head and shield decorated with horseman on l. arm. Reverse: Cross potent on three steps, to l. Herakleios and to r. Tiberios, both wearing Chlamys and cross crown, holding globus cruciger in r. hand.

Inscriptions:  Obverse: ∂ N CO τ ЧS PP (Our lord Constantine, eternal). Reverse: VICTOΛ… (Victory). Mint mark: CONOB. Control mark: H (8).

Bibliography:  MIB III 7a

5 Related People

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Whitting, Philip David
British
1903
1988
Herakleios son of Constans II
Byzantine


Tiberios son of Constans II
Byzantine


Constantine IV
Byzantine
652
685
Constantinople
Roman;Byzantine


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