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ID number: BIRBI-B4546ADD 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: Follis Place made: Eurasia: Istanbul Culture: Byzantine Date made: 641-668 Metal: Base Metal Diameter (cm): 2.55 Weight (g): 6.57 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 3309, Dumbarton Oaks Duplicates, 27th November 1958. |

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Description: Obverse: Standing figure of Constans II, bearded, wearing crown with cross and chlamys, holding cross-topped staff and globus cruciger. Reverse: Cross above denomination mark.
Inscriptions: Obverse: None visible. Reverse: M (Forty) Mint mark: CON, Officina: Γ
Bibliography: MIB.3.172c
Notes: Overstruck on unidentifiable type.
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