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ID number:  BIRBI-B4132
Object type:  Coin
Institution:  The Barber Institute of Fine Arts
Named collection:  G. Haines Collection
Collector:  Haines, Geoffrey
Maker:  Constans II; Carthage
Denomination:  Half-Follis
Place made:  Carthage
Culture:  Byzantine
Date made:  642-647
Metal:  Base Metal
Diameter (cm):  1.9
Weight (g):  4.03
Axis (degrees):  135.00
Provenance:  Haines 527. W.S. Lincoln, 1922.
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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: CONSTAN TIN … S PP A … (Constantine, eternal Augustus). Reverse: None. Mint mark: CRTG.

Bibliography:  MIB III 196a

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Carthage
Roman;Byzantine


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