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ID number: BIRBI-B3895 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: Tremissis Place made: Eurasia: Istanbul Culture: Byzantine Date made: 642-668 Metal: Gold Diameter (cm): 1.65 Weight (g): 1.38 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 1018. Glendining, 2nd May 1961. |

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Description: Obverse: Bust of Constans II facing r., wearing cuirass, paludamentum, and diadem. Reverse: Cross potent.
Inscriptions: Obverse: ∂ N CONSτAN τ … Ч [in retrograde] S PP Λ (Our lord Constantine, eternal Augustus). Reverse: VICTORIA AVGЧS (Imperial victory). Mint mark: CONOB.
Bibliography: MIB III 51
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