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ID number: BIRBI-B3902 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: Tremissis Place made: Eurasia: Istanbul Culture: Byzantine Date made: 668-669 Metal: Gold Diameter (cm): 1.7 Weight (g): 1.35 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 0906. A.H. Baldwin, June 1960. |

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Description: Obverse: Bust of Constantine IV facing r., wearing paludamentum and diadem. Reverse: Cross potent.
Inscriptions: Obverse: ∂ N COSN τNЧS PP … (Our lord Constantine, eternal). Reverse: VICTO … VGЧS (Imperial victory). Mint mark: CONOB.
Bibliography: MIB III 16b (Constantine IV)
Notes: Graffiti on the reverse.
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