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ID number: BIRBI-B4203 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: 652-653 Metal: Base Metal Diameter (cm): 2.55 Weight (g): 4.11 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 1434. |
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Description: Obverse: Constans II facing, standing, with moustache and long beard, wearing chlamys, holding globus cruciger in r. hand. Reverse: M; cross above.
Inscriptions: Obverse: None. Year: INΔ … A (Indiction Year 11). Reverse: None. Mint mark: … C …
Bibliography: MIB III 208
Notes: Overstruck obverse on reverse; undertype a Syracusan follis (647-652) of Constans II (MIB III 206 or 207). Clipped at least twice as though flan cut out from much larger coin.
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