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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

3 Related People

Constans II
Byzantine
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668
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Whitting, Philip David
British
1903
1988
Carthage
Roman;Byzantine


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