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ID number: BIRBI-B3822 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: 651-654 Metal: Gold Diameter (cm): 2.05 Weight (g): 4.50 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 1017. Spink, May 1961; acquired by Spink 1959. |
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Description: Obverse: Bust of Constans with long beard and moustache facing, wearing chlamys and cross crown, holding globus cruciger in r. hand. Reverse: Cross potent on three steps.
Inscriptions: Obverse: ∂ N CONSτAN τIN[retrograde Ч]S PP AV (Our lord Constantine, eternal Augustus). Reverse: VICTORIA AVSЧ (Imperial victory). Mint mark: CONOBI. Control mark: A (1).
Bibliography: MIB III 25
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