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ID number: BIRBI-B3813 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Maker: Constans II; Constantinople Denomination: Solidus Place made: Eurasia: Istanbul Culture: Byzantine Date made: 651-654 Metal: Gold Diameter (cm): 2.1 Weight (g): 4.41 Axis (degrees): 180.00 |
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Description: Obverse: Bust of Constans II facing, with moustache and long beard, wearing chlamys, and cross-topped crown, holding globus cruciger in r. hand. Reverse: Cross potent on three steps.
Inscriptions: Obverse: ∂ N CONSτΛN τINЧ [in retrograde] S PP AV (Our lord Constantine, eternal Augustus). Reverse: VICTORIA AVGЧ (Imperial victory). Mint mark: CONOB. Control mark: S (6).
Bibliography: MIB III 23
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