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ID number: BIRBI-B3751 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: G. Haines Collection Collector: Haines, Geoffrey Maker: Constans II; Constantinople Denomination: Solidus Place made: Istanbul Culture: Byzantine Date made: 641-645 Metal: Gold Diameter (cm): 1.95 Weight (g): 4.39 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Haines 2173. Spink 1942. |

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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: oN CONSτAN τINЧS PP AV (Our lord Constantine eternal Augustus). Reverse: VICTORIA AVʕЧ (Imperial victory). Control mark: Δ (4). Mint mark: CONOB.
Bibliography: MIB III 3; DOC II.2 AV1
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