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ID number:  BIRBI-B4096
Object type:  Coin
Institution:  The Barber Institute of Fine Arts
Named collection:  P. D. Whitting Collection
Collector:  Whitting, Philip D.; Carthage 1945 Hoard
Maker:  Constans II; Carthage
Denomination:  Solidus
Place made:  Carthage
Culture:  Byzantine
Date made:  643-644
Metal:  Gold
Diameter (cm):  1.2
Weight (g):  4.47
Axis (degrees):  180.00
Provenance:  Whitting 1590. 5th October 1966; Carthage 1945 Hoard.
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Description:  Obverse: Bust of Constans II facing, unbearded, wearing chlamys with fibula, and cross-topped crown, holding globus cruciger in r. hand. Reverse: Cross potent on three steps.

Inscriptions:  Obverse: D N CON … τIN P (Our lord Constantine, eternal). Reverse: VICTO RIA (Victory). Mint mark: CONOB. Year: ΔB (Year 3).

Bibliography:  MIB III 56

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