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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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