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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
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