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ID number: BIRBI-B3999 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: 651-652 Metal: Base Metal Diameter (cm): 2.4 Weight (g): 3.31 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 1717. |

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Description: Obverse: Constans II facing, standing, bearded, wearing chlamys and crown, holding long cross in r. hand. Reverse: M, cross above.
Inscriptions: Obverse: … O NIK … (In this [sign] Conquer). Reverse: IAA I … (Garbled Inscription). Year: IA (Year 11). Control mark: Γ (3).
Bibliography: MIB III 170b
Notes: Overstruck at least twice; most recent undertype a bust of Constans II, earlier undertype unclear. Flan bent in process of overstriking.
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