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ID number: BIRBI-B4117 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Maker: Constans II; Constantine IV; Herakleios; Tiberios; Carthage Denomination: Solidus Place made: Carthage Culture: Byzantine Date made: 659-668 Metal: Gold Diameter (cm): 1.75 Weight (g): 4.33 Axis (degrees): 180.00 |

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Description: Obverse: Busts of Constans with long beard, holding globus cruciger in r. hand, and Constantine beardless, both wearing chlamys and cross crown, cross floating above between heads. Reverse: Elongated globus cruciger flanked by Herakleios and Tiberios standing, both wearing chlamys and cross crown and holding globus cruciger in r. hand.
Inscriptions: Obverse: -N COTVINC P (Our Lord Constantine eternal Augustus). Reverse: VIC T O AGV (Imperial Victory). Control mark: A (1). Mint mark: CONOB.
Bibliography: MIB III 77
Notes: Has weight of solidus but imagery of a semissis. Was used as part of 'All That Glitters…' project.
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