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ID number: BIRBI-B4198 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: 643-647 Metal: Base Metal Diameter (cm): 2.45 Weight (g): 4.61 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 1643. |
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Description: Obverse: Bust of Constans II facing, unbearded, wearing chlamys with fibula, and cross-topped crown, holding globus cruciger in r. hand. Reverse: M; monogram of Constans II above.
Inscriptions: Obverse: None. Reverse: None.
Bibliography: MIB III 205
Notes: Overstruck obverse on reverse; undertype a Syracusan follis (642-643) of Constans II (MIB III 204).
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