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ID number: BIRBI-B4160 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: Decanummium Place made: Carthage Culture: Byzantine Date made: 642-647 Metal: Base Metal Diameter (cm): 1.7 Weight (g): 3.72 Axis (degrees): 135.00 Provenance: Whitting 1771. A.H. Baldwin, October 1949. |
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Description: Obverse: Bust of Constans II facing, unbearded, wearing chlamys, and cross-topped crown, holding globus cruciger in r. hand. Reverse: Cross; V to the l., and V to the r.
Inscriptions: Obverse: CON … ANTINVS (Constantine). Reverse: None.
Bibliography: MIB III 201a
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