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ID number: BIRBI-B4136 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D. Maker: Constans II; Carthage Denomination: Half-Follis Place made: Carthage Culture: Byzantine Date made: 647-652 Metal: Base Metal Diameter (cm): 1.95 Weight (g): 4.10 Axis (degrees): 135.00 Provenance: Whitting 4017. Spink, February 1962. |
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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; to the l., an X with a pellet above; to the r., an X with a pellet above.
Inscriptions: Obverse: D N CONS TANTIN• (Our lord Constantine). Reverse: None. Mint mark: CRTS.
Bibliography: MIB III 196b
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