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ID number:  BIRBI-B4344
Object type:  Coin
Institution:  The Barber Institute of Fine Arts
Named collection:  P. D. Whitting Collection
Collector:  Whitting, Philip D.
Maker:  Constantine IV; Rome
Denomination:  Solidus
Place made:  Europe: Italy, Rome
Culture:  Byzantine
Date made:  674-675
Metal:  Gold
Diameter (cm):  2.15
Weight (g):  4.31
Axis (degrees):  180.00
Provenance:  Whitting 0501. Glendining, 30th March 1955.
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Description:  Obverse: Bust of Constantine IV facing 3/4 r., 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: Cross potent on three steps. To the l., Herakleios facing, standing, unbearded, wearing chlamys, and cross-topped crown, holding globus cruciger in r. hand. To the r., Tiberios facing, standing, unbearded, wearing chlamys, and cross-topped crown, holding globus cruciger in r. hand. Monogram in the r. of the field.

Inscriptions:  Obverse: ∂ N CONST ANTINЧS (Our lord Constantine). Reverse: VICTROA A … G Ч … (Imperial victory). Mint mark: CONOB. Control mark: Γ (3).

Bibliography:  MIB III 46a

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Whitting, Philip David
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1903
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Constantine IV
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