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ID number: BIRBI-B4180 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: Tremissis Place made: Europe: Italy, Sicily, Syracuse Culture: Byzantine Date made: 648-652 Metal: Gold Diameter (cm): 1.55 Weight (g): 1.40 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 0313. A.H. Baldwin, June 1949. |

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Description: Obverse: Bust of Constans II facing r., unbearded, wearing cuirass, paludamentum, and diadem. Reverse: Cross potent; Ѳ in the r. of the field.
Inscriptions: Obverse: ∂ N CONS … ANτIN PP A (Our lord Constantine, eternal Augustus). Reverse: VICTORI A AVGЧ (Imperial victory). Mint mark: CONOB. Control mark: I (10).
Bibliography: MIB III 106
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