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ID number: BIRBI-B3964 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D. Maker: Constans II; Constantinople Denomination: Follis Place made: Eurasia: Istanbul Culture: Byzantine Date made: 643-644 Metal: Base Metal Diameter (cm): 2.55 Weight (g): 5.42 Axis (degrees): 0.00 Provenance: Whitting 2215. A.H. Baldwin, 18th February 1953. |

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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, cross above.
Inscriptions: Obverse: … h PCR … hST (Emperor Constantine). Reverse: ANA N … S (Renewal). Year: … ([Inferred] Year 3). Control mark: Є (5).
Bibliography: MIB III 166
Notes: Overstruck obverse on obverse; undertype a year thirty, Constantinopolitan follis of Herakleios, Constantine III, and Herakleonas.
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