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Numismatics ID number: BIRBI-B4148 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): 2 Weight (g): 4.46 Axis (degrees): 0.00 Provenance: Whitting 1770. |
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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; a pellet to the l., and a pellet to the r. Inscriptions: Obverse: CONS TAN … (Constantine). Reverse: None. Mint mark: CT. Bibliography: MIB III 198a Notes: Overstruck obverse on obverse; undertype unclear, but presence of ANNO eliminates all recent Carthaginian issues. |
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| Whitting, Philip David British 1903 1988 | |
| Carthage Roman;Byzantine | |
| Constans II Byzantine 630 668 | |
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