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ID number: BIRBI-B4228 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D. Maker: Constans II; Rome Denomination: Tremissis Place made: Europe: Italy, Rome Culture: Byzantine Date made: 659-668 Metal: Gold Diameter (cm): 1.5 Weight (g): 1.33 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 1027. Sotheby, 11th July 1961. |

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Description: Obverse: Bust of Constans II facing r., unbearded, wearing cuirass, paludamentum, and diadem. Reverse: Cross potent. A monogram in the r. of the field.
Inscriptions: Obverse: ∂ N CONSTΛNIINIЧ P [in retrograde] P [in retrograde] (Our lord Constantine, eternal). Reverse: VICTOR … AVGЧ (Imperial victory). Mint mark: CONOB. Control mark: … (Untranslatable control mark).
Bibliography: MIB III 123
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