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ID number: BIRBI-B4179 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D. Maker: Constans II; Syracuse Denomination: Tremissis Place made: Europe: Italy, Sicily, Syracuse Culture: Byzantine Date made: 642-652 Metal: Gold Diameter (cm): 1.5 Weight (g): 1.45 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 1010. Glendining, 10th February 1961. |
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Description: Obverse: Bust of Constans II facing r., unbearded, wearing cuirass, paludamentum, and diadem. Reverse: Cross potent; I in the r. of the field, and a pellet in the bottom of the field.
Inscriptions: Obverse: … N CONSτAN τIИЧS PP V (Our lord Constantine, eternal Augustus). Reverse: VICTORIA AVGЧ (Imperial victory). Mint mark: CONOB. Control mark: Ѳ (9).
Bibliography: MIB III 105
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