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ID number: BIRBI-B4108 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D. Maker: Constans II; Constantine IV; Carthage Denomination: Solidus Place made: Carthage Culture: Byzantine Date made: 657-658 Metal: Gold Diameter (cm): 1.15 Weight (g): 4.41 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 0307. A.H. Baldwin, November 1951; "From Paris". |

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Description: Obverse: To the l., bust of Constans II facing, with moustache and long beard, wearing chlamys, and cross-topped crown, holding globus cruciger in r. hand. To the r., bust of Constantine IV facing, smaller, unbearded, wearing chlamys, and cross-topped crown. Reverse: Cross potent on three steps.
Inscriptions: Obverse: … ONS … IN (Constantine). Reverse: VICTO R AG (Imperial victory). Mint mark: CONOB. Year: A (Year 17).
Bibliography: MIB III 66
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