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ID number: BIRBI-B3952 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D.; Sardis Hoard Maker: Constans II; Constantinople Denomination: Follis Place made: Eurasia: Istanbul Culture: Byzantine Date made: 643-644 Metal: Base Metal Diameter (cm): 2.45 Weight (g): 4.15 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 5550. Spink, 9th October 1967; Sardis Hoard. |
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Description: Obverse: Constans II facing, standing, unbearded, wearing chlamys, and cross-topped crown, holding chrismon-topped staff in r. hand, and globus cruciger in l. hand. Reverse: m.
Inscriptions: Obverse: ЄN TȢ ... O N … (In this [sign] Conquer). Reverse: AIA NЄO Ϛ (Renewal). Year: +III+ (Year 3). Control mark: B (2).
Bibliography: MIB III 164; S. Bendall, "A Mid Seventh Century Hoard of Byzantine Folles," 1967, N Circ.
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