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ID number: BIRBI-B3996 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: 647-648 Metal: Base Metal Diameter (cm): 2.3 Weight (g): 5.23 Axis (degrees): 225.00 Provenance: Whitting 5557. Spink, 9th October 1967; Sardis Hoard. |

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Description: Obverse: Constans II facing, standing, bearded, wearing chlamys, and cross-topped crown, holding long cross in r. hand, and globus cruciger in l. hand. Reverse: m, K above.
Inscriptions: Obverse: … ȢT O … KA (In this [sign] Conquer). Reverse: … NA … (Renewal). Year: ϚI (Year 7). Control mark: Λ (1 or 4).
Bibliography: MIB III 168d; S. Bendall, "A Mid Seventh Century Hoard of Byzantine Folles," 1967, N Circ.
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