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ID number: BIRBI-B4141 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: 652-657 Metal: Base Metal Diameter (cm): 1.9 Weight (g): 4.17 Axis (degrees): 45.00 Provenance: Whitting 1761. |

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Description: Obverse: Bust of Constans II facing, with short beard, wearing chlamys with loros scarf draped over shoulders, and trefoil-topped crown, holding mappa aloft in r. hand, and globus cruciger in l. hand. Reverse: A cross; X to the l., and X to the r.; above, a star.
Inscriptions: Obverse: … ST … ([Con]st[antine]). Reverse: None. Mint mark: CT.
Bibliography: MIB III 198b
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