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ID number:  BIRBI-B4220
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:  Half-Follis
Place made:  Europe: Italy, Sicily, Syracuse
Culture:  Byzantine
Date made:  651-652
Metal:  Base Metal
Diameter (cm):  2.15
Weight (g):  2.68
Axis (degrees):  180.00
Provenance:  Whitting 2326. Spink, 29th August 1953.
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Description:  Obverse: Bust of Constans II facing, with moustache and long beard, wearing chlamys and crown, holding globus cruciger in r. hand. A palm branch in the r. of the field. Reverse: Monogram of Constans II.

Inscriptions:  Obverse: None. Reverse: AN I (Year 10).

Bibliography:  MIB III 212

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Constans II
Byzantine
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Whitting, Philip David
British
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