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ID number: BIRBI-B3791 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Maker: Constans II; Constantinople Denomination: Solidus Place made: Istanbul Culture: Byzantine Date made: 647-648 Metal: Gold Diameter (cm): 2.10 Weight (g): 4.33 Axis (degrees): 180.00 |

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Description: Obverse: Bust of Constans with short beard facing, wearing cross crown and chlamys, holding globus cruciger in r. hand. Reverse: Cross potent on three steps, reversed Z in r. of field.
Inscriptions: Obverse: ∂N CONSτAN τINЧ[reversed]S PP AV (Our lord Constantine eternal Augustus). Reverse: VICTORIA AVIЧ (Imperial victory). Control mark: Z[reversed] (7). Mint mark: CONOB.
Bibliography: MIB III 16; DOC II.2 AV13
Notes: Doublestruck on both sides.
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