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ID number: BIRBI-B4176 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D. Maker: Constans II; Syracuse Denomination: Semissis Place made: Europe: Italy, Sicily, Syracuse Culture: Byzantine Date made: 654-662 Metal: Gold Diameter (cm): 1.6 Weight (g): 2.20 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 1748. A.H. Baldwin, 31st May 1969. |

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Description: Obverse: Bust of Constans II facing r., unbearded, wearing cuirass, paludamentum, and diadem. Reverse: Cross potent on a globe; Γ, with pellet below, in the r. of the field.
Inscriptions: Obverse: ∂ N CONS … τINЧS PP AV (Our lord Constantine, eternal Augustus). Reverse: VICTORIA AVGЧ (Imperial victory). Control mark: C·
Bibliography: MIB III 102
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