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ID number:  BIRBI-B3955
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:  643-644
Metal:  Base Metal
Diameter (cm):  2.45
Weight (g):  5.17
Axis (degrees):  180.00
Provenance:  Whitting 1687. Spink, February 1951. "From G. Jeffery's Salamis (Cyprus) find in 1914."
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Description:  Obverse: Bust of Constans II facing, unbearded, wearing chlamys, and cross-topped crown, holding globus cruciger in r. hand. Reverse: M, cross above.

Inscriptions:  Obverse: Ih PЄR … ONST (Emperor Constantine). Reverse: ANA NЄO … (Renewal). Year: II … ([Inferred] Year 3). Control mark: A (1).

Bibliography:  MIB III 166

Notes:  Overstruck obverse on obverse; undertype unclear.

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