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ID number: BIRBI-B3917 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: Hexagram Place made: Eurasia: Istanbul Culture: Byzantine Date made: 654-659 Metal: Silver Diameter (cm): 2.25 Weight (g): 5.50 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whititng 0522. L.S. Forrer, May 1949. |

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Description: Obverse: To the l., bust of Constans II facing, with moustache and long beard, wearing chlamys, and cross-topped crown. To the r., bust of Constantine IV facing, smaller, unbearded, wearing chlamys, and cross-topped crown. A cross between their heads. Reverse: Cross potent above a globe on three steps.
Inscriptions: Obverse: ∂ N IONSOII τNIЧS … (Garbled Inscription). Reverse: ∂ЄЧS A∂IЧτΛ ROm … NS (God help the Romans).
Bibliography: MIB III 149
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