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ID number:  BIRBI-B4001
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:  651-655
Metal:  Base Metal
Diameter (cm):  2.5
Weight (g):  4.44
Axis (degrees):  0.00
Provenance:  Whitting 1719.
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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, cross above.

Inscriptions:  Obverse: … O ͶI … (In this [sign] Conquer). Reverse: ANA … O … (Renewal). Year: … ([Inferred] Year 11-14). Control mark: Є (5).

Bibliography:  MIB III 170b

3 Related People

Constantinople
Roman;Byzantine


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Whitting, Philip David
British
1903
1988
Constans II
Byzantine
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