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ID number:  BIRBI-B4128
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:  Half-Follis
Place made:  Carthage
Culture:  Byzantine
Date made:  642-647
Metal:  Base Metal
Diameter (cm):  2.1
Weight (g):  5.18
Axis (degrees):  180.00
Provenance:  Whitting 1755. Tinchant, July 1949.
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Description:  Obverse: Bust of Constans II facing, unbearded, wearing chlamys with fibula, and cross-topped crown, holding globus cruciger in r. hand. Reverse: A cross; X to the l., and X to the r.

Inscriptions:  Obverse: CONSTA … VS PP A (Constantine, eternal Augustus). Reverse: None. Mint mark: CRTC.

Bibliography:  MIB III 196a

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