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ID number:  BIRBI-B4006
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:  653-654
Metal:  Base Metal
Diameter (cm):  2.3
Weight (g):  2.16
Axis (degrees):  180.00
Provenance:  Whitting 1702.
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Description:  Obverse: Constans II facing, standing, bearded, wearing chlamys and crown, holding long cross in r. hand, and globus in l. hand. Reverse: M, cross above.

Inscriptions:  Obverse: … Ȣ … (This). Reverse: … Λ N … O Ϛ (Renewal). Year: XIII (Year 13). Control mark: A (1).

Bibliography:  MIB III 170b

Notes:  Overstruck obverse on reverse; undertype a year thirty, three figure coin of Herakleios, of uncertain mint and denomination.

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Whitting, Philip David
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