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ID number: BIRBI-B4111 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: 653-654 Metal: Gold Diameter (cm): 1.2 Weight (g): 4.30 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 0308. Spink, March 1949. |

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Description: Obverse: To the l., bust of Constans II facing, with moustache and long beard, wearing chlamys with fibula, and cross-topped crown. To the r., bust of Constantine IV facing, smaller, unbearded, wearing chlamys, and cross-topped crown. A cross between their heads. Reverse: Cross potent on three steps. P in the r. of the field.
Inscriptions: Obverse: … ONCTA (Constantine). Reverse: VICTO … G (Imperial victory). Mint mark: CONOB. Year: IB (Year 13).
Bibliography: MIB III 67
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