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ID number: BIRBI-B3740 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: Solidus Place made: Istanbul Culture: Byzantine Date made: 641-645 Metal: Gold Diameter (cm): 2.00 Weight (g): 4.45 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 516. Spink, August 1955, 'from Beirut'. |
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Description: Obverse: Bust of Constans beardless facing, wearing cross crown and chlamys, holding globus cruciger in r. hand. Reverse: Cross potent on three steps.
Inscriptions: Obverse: ∂N CONSτAN τINЧS PP AVI (Our lord Constantine eternal Augustus). Reverse: VICTORIA AVʕЧ (Imperial victory). Control mark: I (10). Mint mark: CONOB K.
Bibliography: MIB III 4; DOC II.2 AV2d (Herakleonas)
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