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ID number: BIRBI-B4208 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: G. Haines Collection Collector: Haines, Geoffrey 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): 2.5 Weight (g): 4.28 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Haines 2892. Clement Platt, Paris, 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. Reverse: M; monogram of Constans II above.
Inscriptions: Obverse: None. Reverse: None. Mint mark: SCL.
Bibliography: MIB III 209
Notes: Overstruck obverse on obverse; undertype a Syracusan follis (652-653) of Constans II (MIB III 208).
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