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ID number: BIRBI-B3901 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): 1.7 Weight (g): 0.73 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 1596. A.H. Baldwin, 11th October 1966; "From Istanbul". |

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Description: Obverse: Bust of Constans II facing r., wearing cuirass, paludamentum, and diadem. Reverse: Cross potent.
Inscriptions: Obverse: None visible. Reverse: VICT … S (Imperial victory). Mint mark: C … OB.
Bibliography: MIB III 52
Notes: Significantly lighter than most tremisses.
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