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ID number: BIRBI-B4096 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D.; Carthage 1945 Hoard Maker: Constans II; Carthage Denomination: Solidus Place made: Carthage Culture: Byzantine Date made: 643-644 Metal: Gold Diameter (cm): 1.2 Weight (g): 4.47 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 1590. 5th October 1966; Carthage 1945 Hoard. |

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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 CON … τIN P (Our lord Constantine, eternal). Reverse: VICTO RIA (Victory). Mint mark: CONOB. Year: ΔB (Year 3).
Bibliography: MIB III 56
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