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ID number: BIRBI-B3828 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: Lightweight Solidus (23 Carats) Place made: Eurasia: Istanbul Culture: Byzantine Date made: 651-654 Metal: Gold Diameter (cm): 2 Weight (g): 4.22 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 1606. Glendining, 17th May 1967. |
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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. A star in the r. of the field.
Inscriptions: Obverse: ∂ N CONSτAN τ … S PP AV (Our lord Constantine, eternal Augustus). Reverse: VICTORIA AVGЧ (Imperial victory). Mint mark: CONOB. Control mark: Ө (9).
Bibliography: MIB III 46
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