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ID number:  BIRBI-B4035
Object type:  Coin
Institution:  The Barber Institute of Fine Arts
Named collection:  P. D. Whitting Collection
Collector:  Whitting, Philip D.
Maker:  Constans II; Constantine IV; Herakleios son of Constans II; Tiberios son of Constans II; Constantinople
Denomination:  Follis
Place made:  Eurasia: Istanbul
Culture:  Byzantine
Date made:  663-664
Metal:  Base Metal
Diameter (cm):  2.25
Weight (g):  3.06
Axis (degrees):  180.00
Provenance:  Whitting 7877. A.H. Baldwin, April 1972.
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Description:  Obverse: Constans II facing, standing, with moustache and long beard, wearing military attire, and helmet with plume, holding long cross in r. hand. M, with cross above, in the r. of the field. Reverse: Constantine IV, Herakleios, and Tiberios facing, standing, unbearded, each wearing chlamys, and cross-topped crown, holding globus cruciger in r. hand.

Inscriptions:  Obverse: None. Control mark: Є (5). Year: XXΓ (Year 23). Reverse: None.

Bibliography:  MIB III 175

Notes:  Countermarked to the r. of the obverse; countermark no longer legible.

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