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Numismatics

ID number:  BIRBI-B4059
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:  642-650
Metal:  Base Metal
Diameter (cm):  2
Weight (g):  2.96
Axis (degrees):  180.00
Provenance:  Whitting 1740.
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Description:  Obverse: Constans II facing, standing, wearing chlamys, and cross-topped crown, holding long cross in r. hand, and globus cruciger in l. hand. Reverse: m, star above.

Inscriptions:  Obverse: ЄN T … IO N I … (In this [sign] Conquer). Reverse: … Nᴚ AKN (Garbled Inscription). Year: … (Untranslatable year). Control mark: … (Untranslatable control mark).

Bibliography:  MIB III 167c

3 Related People

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Whitting, Philip David
British
1903
1988
Constans II
Byzantine
630
668
Constantinople
Roman;Byzantine


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