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Numismatics ID number: BIRBI-B3843 Object type: Coin Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D. Maker: Constans II; Constantine IV; Constantinople Denomination: Solidus Place made: Eurasia: Istanbul Culture: Byzantine Date made: 654-659 Metal: Gold Diameter (cm): 2 Weight (g): 4.41 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 1521. Kress, 15th March 1966. |
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Description: Obverse: To the l., bust of Constans II facing, with moustache and long beard, wearing chlamys, and cross-topped crown. To the r., bust of Constantine IV facing, smaller, unbearded, wearing chlamys, and cross-topped crown. A cross between their heads. Reverse: Cross potent on three steps. Inscriptions: Obverse: ∂ N CONSτANτINЧ [in retrograde] S C CO … (Our lord Constantine and Constantine). Reverse: VICTOЯIA AVSЧ (Imperial victory). Mint mark: CONOB+. Control mark: Z [in retrograde] (7). Bibliography: MIB III 27 Notes: Graffitied "x" under the r. limb of the cross on the reverse. |
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4 Related People | |
| Constantinople Roman;Byzantine | |
| Whitting, Philip David British 1903 1988 | |
| Constantine IV Byzantine 652 685 | |
| Constans II Byzantine 630 668 | |
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