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ID number: BIRBI-B4560ADD Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Maker: Constans II; Bilad as-Sham Denomination: Fals Place made: Asia: Syria Culture: Arabic Date made: c.640-c.680 Metal: Base Metal Diameter (cm): 2.95 Weight (g): 5.28 Axis (degrees): 0.00 |

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Description: Obverse: Bust of emperor, facing, wearing crown with cross. Reverse: None.
Inscriptions: Obverse: …O HCO [blundered, upside down] Reverse: M (Forty) ◊NO XЧ (Year 17 [blundered])
Bibliography: Goodwin 'Arab-Byzantine Coinage' Type G, p.34
Notes: Overstruck, striking unclear.
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