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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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