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ID number: BIRBI-B4178 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D. Maker: Constans II; Syracuse Denomination: Tremissis Place made: Sicily: Syracuse Culture: Byzantine Date made: 641-668 Metal: Gold Diameter (cm): 1.50 Weight (g): 1.49 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 887. Leu Zurich April 1960. |
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Description: Obverse: Bust of Constans r. wearing chlamys and diadem. Reverse: Cross potent, I in r. of field.
Inscriptions: Obverse: ∂N CoNSτAI τINЧS PP A (Our Lord Constantine eternal Augustus). Reverse: VICTORIA AVSЧ (Imperial Victory). Control mark: θ· (9). Mint mark: CONOB.
Bibliography: MIB III 105.2, DOC II.2 AV168b
Notes: Was used as part of 'All That Glitters…' project.
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