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ID number: BIRBI-B3746 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): 1.95 Weight (g): 4.37 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 1791. Corbitt and Hunter, 20th October 1970, 'from a collection c.1920'. |

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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 AV (Our lord Constantine eternal Augustus). Reverse: VICTORIA AVʕЧ (Imperial victory). Control mark: B (2). Mint mark: CONOB.
Bibliography: MIB III 3; DOC II.2 AV1
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