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ID number: BIRBI-B4140 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: 652-657 Metal: Base Metal Diameter (cm): 2.35 Weight (g): 5.20 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Haines 281. W.S. Lincoln, 1913. |

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Description: Obverse: Bust of Constans II facing, with short beard, wearing chlamys, and trefoil-topped crown, holding globus cruciger in l. hand. Reverse: A cross; X to the l., and X to the r.
Inscriptions: Obverse: … NS TATN P (Constantine, eternal). Reverse: None. Mint mark: CT.
Bibliography: MIB III 198b
Notes: Overstruck?
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