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ID number: BIRBI-B4094 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D. Maker: Constans II; Carthage Denomination: Solidus Place made: Carthage Culture: Byzantine Date made: 642-643 Metal: Gold Diameter (cm): 1.15 Weight (g): 4.44 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 1498. J. Schulman, Amsterdam, 14th December 1965. |

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Description: Obverse: Bust of Constans II facing, unbearded, wearing chlamys with fibula, and cross-topped crown, holding globus cruciger in r. hand. Reverse: Cross potent on three steps.
Inscriptions: Obverse: D N CONS TANTIN … (Our lord Constantine). Reverse: VICTORI A AVGЧ (Imperial victory). Mint mark: CONOB. Year: ΔA (Year 2).
Bibliography: MIB III 56
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