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ID number: BIRBI-B3761 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D.; Hoard A Maker: Constans II; Constantinople Denomination: Solidus Place made: Istanbul Culture: Byzantine Date made: 641-646 Metal: Gold Diameter (cm): 1.90 Weight (g): 4.39 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 0893. bt. May 1960, Hoard A 1960. |
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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.
Inscriptions: Obverse: dN CONSτAN τINЧS PPAV (Our lord Constantine Emperor in perpetuity). Reverse: VICTORIA AVCЧI (Imperial victory). Mint mark: CONOB.
Bibliography: DOC II.2 AV1, MIB III AV3
Notes: Double or overstruck.
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