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ID number: BIRBI-B4102 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D. Maker: Constans II; Carthage Denomination: Solidus Place made: Carthage Culture: Byzantine Date made: 651-652 Metal: Gold Diameter (cm): 1.15 Weight (g): 4.44 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 0685. A.H. Baldwin, December 1957; "From Paris". |
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Description: Obverse: Bust of Constans II facing, with short beard, wearing chlamys with fibula, and cross-topped crown, holding globus cruciger in r. hand. Reverse: Cross potent on three steps.
Inscriptions: Obverse: D N COTA TNAVIN P ([Inferred] Our lord Constantine, eternal). Reverse: VICTO RIΛ A (Imperial victory). Mint mark: CONOB. Year: I (Year 11).
Bibliography: MIB III 62
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