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ID number:  BIRBI-B3960
Object type:  Coin
Institution:  The Barber Institute of Fine Arts
Named collection:  G. Haines Collection
Collector:  Haines, Geoffrey
Maker:  Constans II; Constantinople
Denomination:  Follis
Place made:  Eurasia: Istanbul
Culture:  Byzantine
Date made:  643-644
Metal:  Base Metal
Diameter (cm):  2.75
Weight (g):  5.89
Axis (degrees):  180.00
Provenance:  Haines 3689. A.H. Baldwin, 1961.
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Description:  Obverse: Bust of Constans II facing, unbearded, wearing chlamys, and cross-topped crown, holding globus cruciger in r. hand. Reverse: M.

Inscriptions:  Obverse: Ih PC … S … (Emperor Constantine). Reverse: … NA NЄO Ϛ (Renewal). Year: III (Year 3). Control mark: … (Untranslatable control mark).

Bibliography:  MIB III 166

Notes:  Overstruck obverse on reverse; undertype a two figure, Constantinopolitan follis of uncertain year.

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