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ID number: BIRBI-B4325 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D.; Tunis 1954 Hoard Maker: Constantine IV; Carthage Denomination: Solidus Place made: Carthage Culture: Byzantine Date made: 668-685 Metal: Gold Diameter (cm): 1.45 Weight (g): 4.18 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 476.bt. A. H. Baldwin 30th August 1954, from a hoard found near Tunis in 1954 with other Carthaginian pieces of Herakleios and Maurice. |

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Description: Obverse: bust of Constantine bearded facing wearing cuirass, diadem and plumed helmet, holding spear in r. hand transversley behind head and shield with horseman in l. Reverse: cross potent on three steps, in l. of field a large pellet.
Inscriptions: Obverse: …N ATSPP (Constantine eternal Augustus). Reverse: IICTORI AVVЧ(reversed) (Imperial Victory). Control mark: θ (9). Mint mark: rONOP.
Bibliography: MIB III 26b.1
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