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ID number: BIRBI-B4154 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: 657-662 Metal: Base Metal Diameter (cm): 1.7 Weight (g): 4.32 Axis (degrees): 315.00 Provenance: Whitting 7091. A.H. Baldwin, 8th July 1969. |

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Description: Obverse: Bust of Constans II facing, with short beard, wearing chlamys, and cross-topped crown, holding mappa aloft in r. hand. Reverse: A cross, star above; X to the l., and X to the r. A pellet in the r. of the field.
Inscriptions: Obverse: D N CO … TAN P … (Our lord Constantine, eternal). Reverse: None. Mint mark: CT.
Bibliography: MIB III 198c
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