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ID number:  BIRBI-B4239
Object type:  Coin
Institution:  The Barber Institute of Fine Arts
Named collection:  P. D. Whitting Collection
Collector:  Whitting, Philip D.
Maker:  Constans II; Ravenna
Denomination:  Tremissis
Place made:  Europe: Italy, Ravenna
Culture:  Byzantine
Date made:  659-668
Metal:  Gold
Diameter (cm):  1.65
Weight (g):  1.42
Axis (degrees):  180.00
Provenance:  Whitting 1145. B.A. Seaby, November 1962; "Numismatics Bulletin 2128, December".
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Description:  Obverse: Bust of Constans II facing r., bearded, wearing chlamys with fibula, and diadem. Reverse: Cross potent.

Inscriptions:  Obverse: … TINЧ [in retrograde] S PP AV (Constantine, eternal Augustus). Reverse: VICT … RIA AVGЧI (Imperial victory). Mint mark: CONOB.

Bibliography:  MIB III 135a

3 Related People

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Whitting, Philip David
British
1903
1988
Ravenna
Roman;Byzantine;Italian


Constans II
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