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ID number: BIRBI-B3982 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: 646-647 Metal: Base Metal Diameter (cm): 2.6 Weight (g): 4.38 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 3334. Dumbarton Oaks Duplicate, 27th November 1958. |

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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.
Inscriptions: Obverse: … O NI … (In this [sign] Conquer). Reverse: AN … CO … (Renewal). Year: Ϛ (6). Control mark: Є (5).
Bibliography: MIB III 167
Notes: Overstruck obverse on obverse; undertype a three figure, year thirty-one, Constantinopolitan follis of Herakleios, Constantine III, and Herakleonas (MIB III 167).
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