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ID number:  BIRBI-B4101
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:  645-646
Metal:  Gold
Diameter (cm):  1.15
Weight (g):  4.46
Axis (degrees):  180.00
Provenance:  Whitting 0436. L.S. Forrer, 4th August 1953.
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Description:  Obverse: Bust of Constans II facing, unbearded, wearing chlamys, and cross-topped crown, holding globus cruciger in r. hand. Reverse: Cross potent on three steps. A star in the r. of the field.

Inscriptions:  Obverse: D N CON … TANT PP A (Our lord Constantine, eternal Augustus). Reverse: VICTORI AVGЧ (Imperial victory). Mint mark: CONOB. Year: Δ (Year 5).

Bibliography:  MIB III 61

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