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Numismatics ID number: BIRBI-B3797 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: Eurasia: Istanbul Culture: Byzantine Date made: 650-651 Metal: Gold Diameter (cm): 2.05 Weight (g): 4.14 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 1323. A.H. Baldwin, 10th January 1964; "From Turkey". |
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Description: Obverse: Bust of Constans II facing, with short beard, wearing chlamys with fibula, and cross-topped crown, holding globus cruciger in r. hand. Reverse: Cross potent on three steps. Inscriptions: Obverse: ∂ N CONSτAN τIN … S PP AVC (Our lord Constantine, eternal Augustus). Reverse: VICTORIA AVGЧ (Imperial victory). Mint mark: CONOB. Control mark: Δ (4). Bibliography: MIB III 20 Notes: Evidence of doublestriking on both the obverse and reverse. |
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| Whitting, Philip David British 1903 1988 | |
| Constantinople Roman;Byzantine | |
| Constans II Byzantine 630 668 | |
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