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ID number:  BIRBI-B4363
Object type:  Coin
Institution:  The Barber Institute of Fine Arts
Named collection:  P. D. Whitting Collection
Collector:  Whitting, Philip D.
Maker:  Constans II; Constantinople; Constantine IV; Cyprus
Denomination:  Follis
Place made:  Eurasia: Istanbul; Cyprus
Culture:  Byzantine
Date made:  655-659; 668-685
Metal:  Base Metal
Diameter (cm):  2.2
Weight (g):  3.41
Axis (degrees):  225.00
Provenance:  Whitting 1726.
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Description:  Obverse: To the l., Constans II facing, standing, with moustache and long beard, wearing military attire, and cross-topped crown, holding long staff in r. hand. To the r., Constantine IV facing, standing, unbeardead, wearing chlamys, holding globus cruciger in r. hand. Reverse: M; cross above.

Inscriptions:  Obverse: None. Reverse: ANNO … (Year). Mint mark: … N. Control mark: Є (5).

Bibliography:  MIB III 174b; MIB III Km.1

Notes:  Countermark of a monogram of Constantine IV to the bottom of the reverse.

5 Related People

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Whitting, Philip David
British
1903
1988
Constantine IV
Byzantine
652
685
Constans II
Byzantine
630
668
Constantinople
Roman;Byzantine


Cyprus
Byzantine;Frankish


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