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ID number: BIRBI-B4177 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): 1.45 Weight (g): 1.49 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 1026. Sotheby, 2nd July 1961. |

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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 to the r., in the r. of the field.
Inscriptions: Obverse: ∂ N CONSτ JτNЧS PP (Our lord Constantine, eternal). Reverse: VICTORIA AVGЧ• (Imperial victory).
Bibliography: MIB III 102
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