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ID number: BIRBI-B3864 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D. Maker: Constans II; Constantine IV; Constantinople Denomination: Solidus Place made: Istanbul Culture: Byzantine Date made: 654-659 Metal: Gold Diameter (cm): 2.05 Weight (g): 4.33 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 1079 - bt Glendining 14th December 1961. |

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Description: Obverse: Busts of Constans with long beard and Constantine beardless, wearing chlamys and cross crown, cross floating above between heads. Reverse: Cross potent on three steps.
Inscriptions: Obverse: …SτΛτINυS C CONSτAI (Our Lords Constantine and Constantine). Reverse: VICTORIA AVSЧ (Imperial Victory). Control mark: B (2). Mint mark: CONOB+.
Bibliography: MIB III 27
Notes: Was used as part of 'All That Glitters…' project.
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