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ID number:  BIRBI-B3894
Object type:  Coin
Institution:  The Barber Institute of Fine Arts
Named collection:  P. D. Whitting Collection
Collector:  Whitting, Philip D.
Maker:  Constantine IV; Constantinople
Denomination:  Semissis
Place made:  Eurasia: Istanbul
Culture:  Byzantine
Date made:  668-669
Metal:  Gold
Diameter (cm):  1.7
Weight (g):  2.11
Axis (degrees):  180.00
Provenance:  Whitting 1048. A.H. Baldwin, November 1961; ex Gantz, 1943.
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Description:  Obverse: Bust of Constantine IV facing r., wearing cuirass, paludamentum, and diadem. Reverse: Cross potent on a globe.

Inscriptions:  Obverse: ∂ N CONS τNVS PP - (Our lord Constantine, eternal). Reverse: VICTORIA AVGЧS (Imperial victory).

Bibliography:  MIB III 15b (Constantine IV)

3 Related People

Constantinople
Roman;Byzantine


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Whitting, Philip David
British
1903
1988
Constantine IV
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