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ID number:  BIRBI-B4126
Object type:  Coin
Institution:  The Barber Institute of Fine Arts
Named collection:  P. D. Whitting Collection
Collector:  Whitting, Philip D.; Stewart, James R.
Maker:  Constans II; Carthage
Denomination:  Half-Follis
Place made:  Carthage
Culture:  Byzantine
Date made:  642-647
Metal:  Base Metal
Diameter (cm):  2.2
Weight (g):  5.04
Axis (degrees):  45.00
Provenance:  Whitting 5674. 30th January 1968; ex James R. Stewart Collection; ex G.C. Haines 1945.
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Description:  Obverse: Bust of Constans II facing, unbearded, wearing chlamys, and cross-topped crown, holding globus cruciger in r. hand. Reverse: A cross; X to the l., and X to the r.

Inscriptions:  Obverse: … CTAN TINVS PP A (Constantine, eternal Augustus). Reverse: None. Mint mark: CRT …

Bibliography:  MIB III 196a

Notes:  Overstruck obverse on reverse; undertype a year 1, Carthaginian half-follis of Constans II (MIB III 195).

4 Related People

Stewart, James R.
Australian
03 Jul 1913
06 Feb 1962
Carthage
Roman;Byzantine


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Whitting, Philip David
British
1903
1988
Constans II
Byzantine
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