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ID number: BIRBI-B4193 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: Follis Place made: Europe: Italy, Sicily, Syracuse Culture: Byzantine Date made: 642-643 Metal: Base Metal Diameter (cm): 2.35 Weight (g): 4.38 Axis (degrees): 225.00 Provenance: Whitting 7093. |
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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: m.
Inscriptions: Obverse: … hP … NS … (Emperor Constantine). Reverse: ANΛ … Є … (Renewal). Mint mark: SCs.
Bibliography: MIB III 204c
Notes: Overstruck; undertype unclear. Clipped at least four times as though flan cut out from much larger coin.
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