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ID number: BIRBI-B3780 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D.; Hoard A Maker: Constans II; Constantinople Denomination: Solidus Place made: Istanbul Culture: Byzantine Date made: 645-646 Metal: Gold Diameter (cm): 2.00 Weight (g): 4.38 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 987. 'with Hoard A (1960) and probably part of it'. |

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Description: Obverse: Bust of Constans with short pellet beard facing, wearing cross crown and chlamys, holding globus cruciger in r. hand. Reverse: Cross potent on three steps, Є in r. of field.
Inscriptions: Obverse: ∂N CONSτAN τINЧS PP AV (Our lord Constantine eternal Augustus). Reverse: VICTORIA AVʕЧ (Imperial victory). Control mark: Є (5). Mint mark: CONOB.
Bibliography: MIB III 9; DOC II.2 AV5
Notes: Cracks in obverse die.
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