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ID number: BIRBI-B3893 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: Semissis Place made: Eurasia: Istanbul Culture: Byzantine Date made: 642-668 Metal: Gold Diameter (cm): 1.75 Weight (g): 2.12 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 1318. A.H. Baldwin, 10th January 1964; "From Turkey". |

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Description: Obverse: Bust of Constans II facing r., wearing cuirass, paludamentum, and diadem. Reverse: Cross potent on a globe.
Inscriptions: Obverse: ∂ N COSN τNVS PP (Our lord Constantine, eternal). Reverse: VICTORIA A … VS (Imperial victory).
Bibliography: MIB III 50
Notes: Slight doublestrike on the reverse.
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