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ID number: BIRBI-B3795 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: 648-649 Metal: Gold Diameter (cm): 1.90 Weight (g): 4.31 Axis (degrees): 225.00 Provenance: Whitting 1392. K. Kress Munich, 27th April 1964, no. 1049. |

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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, H in r. of field.
Inscriptions: Obverse: …N CONSτAN τINЧ[reversed]S PP AV (Our lord Constantine eternal Augustus). Reverse: VICTRA AVΛЧ (Imperial victory). Control mark: Є (5). Mint mark: CONOB +.
Bibliography: MIB III 19
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