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ID number: BIRBI-B4118 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: One Third Siliqua Place made: Carthage Culture: Byzantine Date made: 647-652 Metal: Silver Diameter (cm): 1.2 Weight (g): 0.60 Axis (degrees): 270.00 Provenance: Whitting 0851. Christies, 12th November 1968; ex Oman Collection. |

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Description: Obverse: Bust of Constans II facing, unbearded, wearing chlamys with fibula, and cross-topped crown. Reverse: Cross potent; a pellet in the lower l. and r. of the field.
Inscriptions: Obverse: D N … O NCTANTV (Our lord Constantine). Reverse: None.
Bibliography: MIB III 156a
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