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ID number: BIRBI-B4079 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D. Maker: Constans II; Alexandria Denomination: Dodecanummium Place made: Africa: Egypt, Lower Egypt, Alexandria Culture: Byzantine Date made: 642 Metal: Base Metal Diameter (cm): 2.25 Weight (g): 9.20 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 0194. |
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Description: Obverse: Bust of Constans II facing, unbearded, wearing chlamys with fibula, and cross-topped crown with pendilia, holding globus cruciger in r. hand. Reverse: IB; cross potent above an M between the numerals.
Inscriptions: Obverse: None. Reverse: None. Mint mark: AΛЄΞ.
Bibliography: MIB III 188
Notes: Overstruck obverse on obverse; undertype unclear.
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