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ID number:  BIRBI-B3934
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:  Follis
Place made:  Eurasia: Istanbul
Culture:  Byzantine
Date made:  642-643
Metal:  Base Metal
Diameter (cm):  2.35
Weight (g):  5.10
Axis (degrees):  0.00
Provenance:  Whitting 5360. Spink, August 1966; "From South-East Turkey".
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Description:  Obverse: Constans II facing, standing, unbearded, wearing chlamys, and cross-topped crown, holding long cross in r. hand, and globus cruciger in l. hand. Reverse: m, star above.

Inscriptions:  Obverse: … ȢT O NIK … (In this [sign] Conquer). Reverse: ANA NЄO S (Renewal). Year: II (Year 2). Control mark: A (1).

Bibliography:  MIB III 162c

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Constantinople
Roman;Byzantine


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