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ID number: BIRBI-B4119 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: G. Haines Collection Collector: Haines, Geoffrey Maker: Constans II; Carthage Denomination: One Third Siliqua Place made: Carthage Culture: Byzantine Date made: 647-652 Metal: Silver Diameter (cm): 1.15 Weight (g): 0.52 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Haines 2160. Spink, 1942. |
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Description: Obverse: Bust of Constans II facing, unbearded, wearing chlamys with fibula, and cross-topped crown, holding globus cruciger in r. hand. Reverse: Cross potent; a pellet in the lower l. and r. of the field.
Inscriptions: Obverse: D N CN TATIN P (Our lord Constantine). Reverse: None.
Bibliography: MIB III 156b
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