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ID number:  BIRBI-B4188
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:  662-668
Metal:  Gold
Diameter (cm):  1.4
Weight (g):  1.36
Axis (degrees):  180.00
Provenance:  Whitting 0823. Glendining, 19th June 1959.
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Description:  Obverse: Bust of Constans II facing r., unbearded, wearing cuirass, paludamentum, and diadem. Reverse: Cross potent; Ч in the r. of the field.

Inscriptions:  Obverse: … CONSτAN τINЧ PP AI (Constantine, eternal Augustus). Reverse: VIC … R … AVG (Imperial victory). Mint mark: CONOB. Control mark: CI·

Bibliography:  MIB III 111

3 Related People

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Whitting, Philip David
British
1903
1988
Constans II
Byzantine
630
668
Syracuse
Greek; Roman; Byzantine


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