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ID number: BIRBI-B3919 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: 644-659 Metal: Silver Diameter (cm): 2.25 Weight (g): 4.79 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 1959. |

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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. A B in the r. of the field.
Inscriptions: Obverse: ∂ N CONSτΛτINЧS C CONSτ … (Our lord Constantine and Constantine). Reverse: ∂ЄЧƧ A∂IЧτA ROmAͶIS (God help the Romans).
Bibliography: MIB III 150
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