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ID number: BIRBI-B3905 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D. Maker: Constans II; Constantine IV; Constantinople Denomination: Miliarense Place made: Eurasia: Istanbul Culture: Byzantine Date made: 654-659 Metal: Silver Diameter (cm): 2.05 Weight (g): 4.24 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 0521. A.H. Baldwin, January 1951. |

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Description: Obverse: To the l., bust of Constans II facing, with moustache and long beard, wearing chlamys and crown. To the r., bust of Constantine IV facing, smaller, unbearded, wearing chlamys and crown. Reverse: Cross potent above a globe on three steps, between two palms.
Inscriptions: Obverse: ∂ N CO … (Our lord Constantine). Reverse: None.
Bibliography: MIB III 140
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