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ID number:  BIRBI-B4197
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:  Follis
Place made:  Europe: Italy, Sicily, Syracuse
Culture:  Byzantine
Date made:  643-647
Metal:  Base Metal
Diameter (cm):  2.75
Weight (g):  5.33
Axis (degrees):  180.00
Provenance:  Whitting 0027.
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Description:  Obverse: Bust of Constans II facing, unbearded, wearing chlamys with fibula, and crown, holding globus cruciger in r. hand. Reverse: M; monogram of Constans II above.

Inscriptions:  Obverse: None. Reverse: None.

Bibliography:  MIB III 205

Notes:  Overstruck obverse on reverse; undertype a Syracusan follis (642-643) of Constans II (MIB III 204).

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Whitting, Philip David
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1903
1988
Syracuse
Greek; Roman; Byzantine


Constans II
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