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ID number: BIRBI-B4019 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D. Maker: Constans II; Constantine IV; Constantinople; Cyprus Denomination: Follis Place made: Eurasia: Istanbul; Cyprus Culture: Byzantine Date made: 655-658; 668-685 Metal: Base Metal Diameter (cm): 2.2 Weight (g): 2.29 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 1611. B.A. Seaby, March 1950. |
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Description: Obverse: Constans II facing, standing, with moustache and long beard, wearing chlamys, and cross-topped crown, holding long cross in r. hand, and globus cruciger in l. hand. Reverse: M.
Inscriptions: Obverse: … T O … KA (In this [sign] Conquer). Reverse: … CTA … (Constans). Year: None visible ([Inferred] Year 15-17). Control mark: A or Δ (1 or 4).
Bibliography: MIB III 172
Notes: Includes a countermark of a monogram of Constantine IV, in the upper l. of the reverse.
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