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ID number: BIRBI-B3993 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: 645-648 Metal: Base Metal Diameter (cm): 2.55 Weight (g): 5.53 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 2302. Hugh de Sausmarez Shortt, May 1952. |

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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: ЄN TO … K … (In this [sign] Conquer). Reverse: ANA … (Renewal). Year: … ([Inferred] Year 5-7). Control mark: … (Untranslatable control mark).
Bibliography: MIB III 167d-168d
Notes: Overstruck obverse on obverse; undertype a three figure, year thirty follis of Herakleios.
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