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Numismatics

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.
BIRBI-B4019.jpg

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.

5 Related People

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Whitting, Philip David
British
1903
1988
Constantinople
Roman;Byzantine


Constans II
Byzantine
630
668
Constantine IV
Byzantine
652
685
Cyprus
Byzantine;Frankish


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