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ID number: BIRBI-B4107 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: 652-653 Metal: Gold Diameter (cm): 1.15 Weight (g): 4.33 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 0305. A.H. Baldwin, March 1949. |

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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. P in the r. of the field.
Inscriptions: Obverse: D N CO … STAN P (Our lord Constantine, eternal). Reverse: VICTO R AC (Imperial victory). Mint mark: CON … Year: IA (Year 12).
Bibliography: MIB III 65
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