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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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