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ID number: BIRBI-B4106 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: 653-654 Metal: Gold Diameter (cm): 1.1 Weight (g): 4.45 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 1148. Christie, 27th November 1962. |

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Description: Obverse: Bust of Constans II facing, with moustache and long beard, wearing chlamys, and cross-topped crown, holding globus cruciger in r. hand. Reverse: Cross potent on three steps.
Inscriptions: Obverse: D N CO NSTANT (Our lord Constantine). Reverse: VICTO R AS (Imperial victory). Mint mark: CONOB. Year: IB (Year 13).
Bibliography: MIB III 64
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