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ID number: BIRBI-B4071 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: Half-Follis Place made: Eurasia: Istanbul Culture: Byzantine Date made: 661-668 Metal: Base Metal Diameter (cm): 2 Weight (g): 1.89 Axis (degrees): 0.00 Provenance: Whitting 7905. Vecchi, June 1972. |

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Description: Obverse: Bust of Constans II facing, with moustache and long beard, wearing paludamentum, and cross-topped crown. K in the r. of the field. Reverse: K.
Inscriptions: Obverse: None. Reverse: ANA … (Renewal). Control mark: None visible.
Bibliography: MIB III 185
Notes: Overstruck obverse on obverse; undertype a Constantinopolitan follis of Constans II, Constantine IV, Herakleios, and Tiberios (MIB III 175).
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