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ID number: BIRBI-B4235 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: Tremissis Place made: Ravenna Culture: Byzantine Date made: 641-668 Metal: Gold Diameter (cm): 1.55 Weight (g): 1.49 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 0312. bt Spink January 1948, from H. V. Morton's collection. |

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Description: Obverse: Bust of Constans r. wearing chlamys and diadem with cross. Reverse: Cross potent.
Inscriptions: Obverse: IN CTΛN TIVS POIV (Our Lord Constantine eternal Augustus). Reverse: ITORIΛ ΛUSTO (Victory of the Augusti). Mint mark: CONOB.
Bibliography: MIB III 134c
Notes: Was used as part of 'All That Glitters…' project.
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