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ID number: BIRBI-B4313 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D. Maker: Constantine IV; Constantinople Denomination: Decanummium Place made: Eurasia: Istanbul Culture: Byzantine Date made: 678-681 Metal: Base Metal Diameter (cm): 2.6 Weight (g): 3.59 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 1629. |
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Description: Obverse: Bust of Constantine IV facing, bearded, wearing cuirass, and helmet with diadem and plume, holding spear in r. hand behind head, and shield decorated with horseman on l. arm. Reverse: I. Cross in the l. of the field; pellet above. K in the r. of the field; pellet above.
Inscriptions: Obverse: None. Reverse: None.
Bibliography: MIB III 92
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