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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.
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