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Numismatics

ID number:  BIRBI-B4195
Object type:  Coin
Institution:  The Barber Institute of Fine Arts
Maker:  Constans II; Syracuse
Denomination:  Follis
Place made:  Europe: Italy, Sicily, Syracuse
Culture:  Byzantine
Date made:  642-643
Metal:  Base Metal
Diameter (cm):  2.5
Weight (g):  5.73
Axis (degrees):  180.00
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Description:  Obverse: Bust of Constans II facing, unbearded, wearing chlamys with fibula, and cross-topped crown, holding globus cruciger in r. hand. Reverse: m.

Inscriptions:  Obverse: Ih … COhSτ (Emperor Constantine). Reverse: ANA NЄOϚ (Renewal). Mint mark: SCs.

Bibliography:  MIB III 204c

Notes:  Clipped at least twice as though flan cut out from much larger coin.

2 Related People

Syracuse
Greek; Roman; Byzantine


Constans II
Byzantine
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