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ID number: BIRBI-B4201 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: 652-653 Metal: Base Metal Diameter (cm): 2.35 Weight (g): 3.63 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 2364. Spink, 15th October 1953. |
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Description: Obverse: Constans II facing, standing, with moustache and long beard, wearing chlamys and crown, holding globus cruciger in r. hand. Reverse: M; cross above.
Inscriptions: Obverse: None. Year: IN … IA (Indiction Year 11). Reverse: None. Mint mark: SCL.
Bibliography: MIB III 208
Notes: Clipped along the bottom of the obverse.
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