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ID number: BIRBI-B4185 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: 654-662 Metal: Gold Diameter (cm): 1.5 Weight (g): 1.38 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 1024. 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; Γ, with pellet to the r., in the r. of the field.
Inscriptions: Obverse: ∂ N CONSτAN τINЧS PP AV (Our lord Constantine, eternal Augustus). Reverse: VICTORIA AVGЧ (Imperial victory). Mint mark: CONOB. Control mark: ѲC·
Bibliography: MIB III 110
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