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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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