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ID number:  BIRBI-B4180
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:  648-652
Metal:  Gold
Diameter (cm):  1.55
Weight (g):  1.40
Axis (degrees):  180.00
Provenance:  Whitting 0313. A.H. Baldwin, June 1949.
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Description:  Obverse: Bust of Constans II facing r., unbearded, wearing cuirass, paludamentum, and diadem. Reverse: Cross potent; Ѳ in the r. of the field.

Inscriptions:  Obverse: ∂ N CONS … ANτIN PP A (Our lord Constantine, eternal Augustus). Reverse: VICTORI A AVGЧ (Imperial victory). Mint mark: CONOB. Control mark: I (10).

Bibliography:  MIB III 106

3 Related People

Constans II
Byzantine
630
668
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Whitting, Philip David
British
1903
1988
Syracuse
Greek; Roman; Byzantine


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