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ID number: BIRBI-B4099 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: 644-645 Metal: Gold Diameter (cm): 1.15 Weight (g): 4.42 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 0872. Glendining, 25th February 1960. |

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Description: Obverse: Bust of Constans II facing, unbearded, wearing chlamys with fibula, and crown, holding globus cruciger in r. hand. Reverse: Cross potent on three steps. Ө in the r. of the field.
Inscriptions: Obverse: D N CONS … S PP A (Our lord Constantine, eternal Augustus). Reverse: VICTORI AVCЧ (Imperial victory). Mint mark: COIIO … Year: ΔΓ (Year 4).
Bibliography: MIB III 59
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