Numismatics
ID number: BIRBI-B4204 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D. Maker: Constans II; Constantine IV; Syracuse Denomination: Follis Place made: Europe: Italy, Sicily, Syracuse Culture: Byzantine Date made: 657-662 Metal: Base Metal Diameter (cm): 2.65 Weight (g): 4.77 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 2269. A.H. Baldwin, July 1953; "From Rome, June 1953". |

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Description: Obverse: To the l., Constans II facing, standing, with moustache and long beard, wearing military attire, and cross-topped crown, holding long staff in r. hand. To the r., Constantine IV facing, standing, unbearded, wearing chlamys, and cross-topped crown, holding globus in r. hand. Reverse: M.
Inscriptions: Obverse: None. Reverse: None. Mint mark: SCL.
Bibliography: MIB III 209
Notes: Overstruck obverse on reverse; undertype a Syracusan follis (652-653) of Constans II (MIB III 208).
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