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ID number:  BIRBI-B4003
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:  651-655
Metal:  Base Metal
Diameter (cm):  2.1
Weight (g):  2.59
Axis (degrees):  180.00
Provenance:  Whitting 1715.
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Description:  Obverse: Constans II facing, standing, bearded, wearing chlamys, and cross-topped crown, holding long cross in r. hand, and globus cruciger in l. hand. Reverse: M, cross above.

Inscriptions:  Obverse: … N TȢT O … K … (In this [sign] Conquer). Reverse: ANΛ N … (Renewal). Mint mark: XXX. Control mark: Δ (4).

Bibliography:  MIB III 170b

Notes:  The XXX in the exergue is either from an undertype, of which there are no other traces; or, it is an imitation.

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