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ID number: BIRBI-B3826 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: Lightweight Solidus (23 Carats) Place made: Eurasia: Istanbul Culture: Byzantine Date made: 651-654 Metal: Gold Diameter (cm): 2.05 Weight (g): 4.28 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 0103. By exchange, May 1952, ex G.C. Haines; ex L.S. Forrer, 1947. |

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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: ∂ N CONSτAN τINЧ [in retrograde] S PP AVS (Our lord Constantine, eternal Augustus). Reverse: VICTORIA AVGЧ (Imperial victory). Mint mark: BOΓK. Control mark: I (10).
Bibliography: MIB III 44
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