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Numismatics

ID number:  BIRBI-B3900
Object type:  Coin
Institution:  The Barber Institute of Fine Arts
Named collection:  P. D. Whitting Collection
Collector:  Whitting, Philip D.
Maker:  Constans II; Constantinople
Denomination:  Tremissis
Place made:  Istanbul
Culture:  Byzantine
Date made:  641-668
Metal:  Gold
Diameter (cm):  1.65
Weight (g):  1.58
Axis (degrees):  180.00
Provenance:  Whitting 1452 - B. A. Seaby April 1965.
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Description:  Obverse: Bust of Constans r. wearing chlamys and diadem. Reverse: Cross potent.

Inscriptions:  Obverse: ∂N CONSτAN τINЧS PP AV (Our Lord Constantine eternal Augustus). Reverse: VICTORIA AVSЧ (Imperial Victory). Control mark: S (6). Mint mark: CONOB.

Bibliography:  MIB III 51

Notes:  Was used as part of 'All That Glitters…' project.

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Whitting, Philip David
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1903
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Constantinople
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Constans II
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