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ID number:  BIRBI-B4053
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):  2.1
Weight (g):  2.80
Axis (degrees):  180.00
Provenance:  Whitting 0320. Spink, June 1963.
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Description:  Obverse: Constans II facing, standing, wearing chlamys, and cross-topped crown, holding staff in r. hand, and globus cruciger in l. hand. Reverse: M.

Inscriptions:  Obverse: … NI … (Conquer). Reverse: A … NЄ … (Renewal). Control mark: Γ (3).

Bibliography:  MIB III 170

Notes:  Overstruck obverse on reverse; undertype a Constantinopolitan, half-follis of Herakleios and Constantine III, control mark: Γ (3), of uncertain date (MIB III 170 or 171).

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