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ID number:  BIRBI-B3814
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:  651-654
Metal:  Gold
Diameter (cm):  2
Weight (g):  4.34
Axis (degrees):  180.00
Provenance:  Whitting 0672. A.H. Baldwin, September 1957.
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Description:  Obverse: Bust of Constans II facing, with moustache and long beard, wearing chlamys, and cross-topped crown, holding globus cruciger in r. hand. Reverse: Cross potent on three steps.

Inscriptions:  Obverse: … CONSτAN τINЧ [in retrograde] S PP A … (Constantine, eternal Augustus). Reverse: VICTORIA AVSЧ (Imperial victory). Mint mark: CONOB. Control mark: Z [in retrograde] (7).

Bibliography:  MIB III 23

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