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ID number: BIRBI-B4000 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: 651-655 Metal: Base Metal Diameter (cm): 2.2 Weight (g): 3.67 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 5558. Spink, 9th October 1967; Sardis Hoard. |
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Description: Obverse: Constans II facing, standing, with moustache and long beard, wearing chlamys, and cross-topped crown, holding long cross in r. hand, and globus cruciger in l. hand. Reverse: M, cross above.
Inscriptions: Obverse: ЄN TȢ … (In this). Reverse: AN … NЄO … (Renewal). Year: … ([Inferred] Year 11-14). Control mark: Δ (4).
Bibliography: MIB III 170b; S. Bendall, "A Mid Seventh Century Hoard of Byzantine Folles," 1967, N Circ.
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