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ID number: BIRBI-B3970 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D.; Sardis Hoard Maker: Constans II; Constantinople Denomination: Follis Place made: Eurasia: Istanbul Culture: Byzantine Date made: 644-645 Metal: Base Metal Diameter (cm): 2.45 Weight (g): 4.51 Axis (degrees): 0.00 Provenance: Whitting 5552. Spink, 9th October 1967; Sardis Hoard |

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Description: Obverse: Constans II facing, standing, unbearded, wearing chlamys, and cross-topped crown, holding long cross in r. hand, and globus cruciger in l. hand. Reverse: m, cross above.
Inscriptions: Obverse: … N TȢT O NIKA (In this [sign] Conquer). Reverse: ANA NC … (Renewal). Year: IIII (Year 4). Control mark: A (1).
Bibliography: MIB III 162b; S. Bendall, "A Mid Seventh Century Hoard of Byzantine Folles," 1967, N Circ.
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