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ID number: BIRBI-B4234 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D. Maker: Constans II; Ravenna Denomination: Solidus Place made: Ravenna Culture: Byzantine Date made: 641-654 Metal: Gold Diameter (cm): 1.95 Weight (g): 4.46 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 0189 - bt A. H. Baldwin December 1949. |

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Description: Obverse: Bust of Constans with short beard facing wearing clamys and cross crown with circlet, holding globus cruciger in r. hand. Reverse: Cross potent on three steps, K in r. of field.
Inscriptions: Obverse: ∂N CoNITΛN τINIЧS PP AVo (Our Lord Constantine eternal Augustus). Reverse: VICTORIΛ ΛVSЧ (Imperial Victory). Control mark: Γ (3). Mint mark: CONOB.
Bibliography: MIB III 131, DOC II.2 AV200
Notes: Was used as part of 'All That Glitters…' project.
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