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ID number: BIRBI-B3992 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Collector: Whitting, Philip D. Maker: Constans II; Constantinople Denomination: Follis Place made: Eurasia: Istanbul Culture: Byzantine Date made: 645-648 Metal: Base Metal Diameter (cm): 2.5 Weight (g): 4.81 Axis (degrees): 180.00 |

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Description: Obverse: Constans II facing, standing, wearing chlamys and crown, holding staff in r. hand, and globus cruciger in l. hand. Reverse: m, K above.
Inscriptions: Obverse: …. K … (Conquer). Reverse: ANA … (Renewal). Year: … ([Inferred] Year 5-7). Control mark: … (Untranslatable control mark).
Bibliography: MIB III 167d-168d
Notes: Overstruck obverse on reverse; undertype a two figure coin of Constantinople, of uncertain date and emperor.
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