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ID number: BIRBI-B3986 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): 2.4 Weight (g): 4.65 Axis (degrees): 225.00 Provenance: Whitting 0321. |

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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: … T O … (This). Reverse: NAO A … (Garbled Inscription). Year: Ƨ ([Inferred] Year 6). Control mark: C (5).
Bibliography: MIB III 167b
Notes: Doublestruck on the obverse.
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