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ID number: BIRBI-B4133 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: 647-652 Metal: Base Metal Diameter (cm): 2.45 Weight (g): 8.39 Axis (degrees): 225.00 Provenance: Whitting 1758. Spink, July 1949. |

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Description: Obverse: Bust of Constans II facing, unbearded, wearing chlamys, and cross-topped crown. Reverse: A cross; to the l., an X with a pellet above; to the r., an X.
Inscriptions: Obverse: … ΛNTINVS (Constantine). Reverse: None. Mint mark: … G.
Bibliography: MIB III 196b
Notes: Overstruck obverse on reverse with the same pair of dies; or doublestruck obverse on reverse.
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