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ID number: BIRBI-B4131 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: G. Haines Collection Collector: Haines, Geoffrey Maker: Constans II; Carthage Denomination: Half-Follis Place made: Carthage Culture: Byzantine Date made: 642-647 Metal: Base Metal Diameter (cm): 2.25 Weight (g): 7.33 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Haines 797. Ex Edward Shepherd Collection, 1924. |

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Description: Obverse: Bust of Constans II facing, unbearded, wearing chlamys, and cross-topped crown, holding globus cruciger in r. hand. Reverse: A cross; X to the l., and X to the r.
Inscriptions: Obverse: … NSTAN TINVS PP AV (Constantine, eternal Augustus). Reverse: None. Mint mark: CRTG.
Bibliography: MIB III 196a
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