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ID number: BIRBI-B4100 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D.; Carthage 1945 Hoard Maker: Constans II; Carthage Denomination: Solidus Place made: Carthage Culture: Byzantine Date made: 641-654 Metal: Gold Diameter (cm): 1.10 Weight (g): 4.41 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 1588. bt A. H. Baldwin 5th October 1966, from the Carthage 1945 hoard, No 69. |
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Description: Obverse: Bust of Constans beardless facing , wearing chlamys and cross crown, holding globus cruciger in r. hand. Reverse: Cross potent on three steps, θ in r. of field.
Inscriptions: Obverse: DN CONT ATINC PP (Our Lord Constantine eternal Augustus). Reverse: VICTOR… A AVS (Imperial Victory). Control mark: ΛЄ (35). Mint mark: CONOB.
Bibliography: MIB III 59.3, DOC II.2 AV111
Notes: Was used as part of 'All That Glitters…' project.
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